channery

channery
/chan"euh ree/, n.
an accumulation of thin, flat, coarse fragments of sandstone, limestone, or schist with diameters up to 6 in. (15 cm): used in Scotland and Ireland for gravel.
[Scots dial.: lit., gravelly, equiv. to channer gravel (alter. of channel gravel, CHANNEL1) + -Y1]

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