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clunch
(clunch)
Pronunciation:
/klʌn(t)ʃ/
noun
[
mass noun
]
British
soft limestone capable of being easily worked:
they used clunch for most domestic building
[
as modifier
]
:
sections of clunch wall in the stable
Origin:
early 19th century
: perhaps from dialect
clunch
'lumpy, thickset'
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