terre battue — meaning in English

English meaning

• clay noun A fine-grained, sticky earth that becomes pliable when wet and hardens when fired or dried — used for pottery, bricks, and sculpture.

Senses

terre battue is used for these senses in English:

• clay (tennis) A tennis court surface made of crushed stone, brick, shale, or other unbound mineral aggregate.
• claycourt (tennis) A court whose surface is made of crushed shale, stone or brick.

clay — full definition

1. noun A fine-grained, sticky earth that becomes pliable when wet and hardens when fired or dried — used for pottery, bricks, and sculpture.
2. noun A tennis court surface made of crushed stone or brick.

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