underclay

under·clay

a bed of clay lying immediately beneath a coal seam, often used as a fireclay

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Noun

(plural underclays)

(geology) A stratum of clay lying beneath a coal bed.

Origin

under- +"Ž clay

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In the Coal Measures they commonly occur in the underclay beneath the coal-seams. Complete specimens of the stumps show that from the base of the aerial stem four Stigmarian branches were given off, which took a horizontal or obliquely descending course, forking at least twice.

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