Citations:decalcation

English citations of decalcation

Noun: treading or trampling of the earth

• 1828, Sir Henry Steuart, The Planter's Guide; Or A Practical Essay on the Best Method of Giving Immediate Effect to Wood, by the Removal of Large Trees and Underwood: Chiefly Intended for the Climate of Scotland, pages 269-270:

  Contrary to the general practice, no decalcation or consolidating of the earth has, as yet, been directed […] That equability of pressure of the soil, which gradual subsidence alone can give, is not to be attained […] by treading, and pounding by the feet of workmen.

• 1830, Thomas Cruickshank, The Practical Planter: Containing Directions for the Planting of Waste Land, and Management of Wood: with a New Method of Rearing the Oak, page 329:

  After allowing the whole a day to subside, it should receive a complete decalcation or treading of the surface. This concludes the whole operation.