teguline

English

Noun

teguline (plural tegulines)

1. Any spider of the genus Tegulinus

Adjective

teguline (not comparable)

1. (of clay) Of a specific type used by potters or for the making of roof tiles.
   • 1872, The Mining Magazine and Review:

     Considerable deposits of teguline clays, or potter's-clay, and tile-clay, are found in various parts of the country, especially in the Cantons of Geneva, Neuchfitel, and Berne.

   • 2016 May, Ling-Ling Zeng, Yu-Jun Cui, Nathalie Conil, Jad Zghondi, Gilles Armand, Jean Talandier, “Experimental study on swelling behaviour and microstructure changes of natural stiff Teguline clays upon wetting”, in Canadian Geotechnical Journal, volume 54, number 5:

     This paper addresses the microstructure change induced by swelling for natural stiff Teguline clays.

   • 2017 September, Catherine Lerouge, J. C. Robinet, Mathieu Debure, Henry Benoît, Nicolas Maubec, Benoit Madé, Christophe Tournassat, “Weathering profile in a near-surface aquitard: example of the teguline Clay, East Paris Basin, France.”, in Clay Conference 2017Davos, Switzerland.:

     In the studied area, surficial formations are not deeper than 6 m, and the Gault Clay is only represented by the teguline Clay.