Brown-earth
noun
an intrazonal soil of temperate humid regions typically developed under deciduous forest into a dark rich layer (mull): characteristic of much of southern and central England
Historical Examples
The Black Pearl Mrs. Wilson Woodrow
A Maid of the Kentucky Hills Edwin Carlile Litsey
The Octopus Frank Norris
Chambers’s Elementary Science Readers Various
In Pastures Green Peter McArthur
Prisoners Mary Cholmondeley
Gold Out of Celebes Aylward Edward Dingle
Adam Bede George Eliot
The Idyl of Twin Fires Walter Prichard Eaton
The Love Story of Abner Stone Edwin Carlile Litsey
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