vitrain
[ vi-treyn ]
/ ˈvɪ treɪn /
noun
the material of which the friable, vitreous layers in banded bituminous coal are composed.
Origin of vitrain
Words nearby vitrain
vitiliginous,
vitiligo,
vitim,
vito,
vitoria,
vitrain,
vitrectomy,
vitreitis,
vitreo-,
vitreodentin,
vitreoretinal
British Dictionary definitions for vitrain
vitrain
/ (ˈvɪtreɪn) /
noun
a type of coal occurring as horizontal glassy bands of a nonsoiling friable material
Word Origin for vitrain
C20: from Latin
vitrum glass +
-ain, as in
fusain