Meaning of bungaroosh | Babel Free

Definitions

A building material composed of miscellaneous materials, such as broken bricks, cobblestones, pebbles, sand, and pieces of wood embedded in hydraulic lime, used primarily in the English seaside resort of Brighton.

uncountable

Examples

“The properties in Charles Street are amongst the first purpose built visitor homes in Brighton. Like the local houses constructed before them and after, they are made in part of bungaroosh (a local Sussex name for flint and lime wall), brick, lime-plaster and timber.”

“Far to the south, another composite form of wall, using shuttering, was 'bungaroosh', used particularly in Regency Brighton and neighbouring areas on the south coast.”

“Disintegration of bungaroosh: Failure associated with lack of cohesion or excess moisture.”

CEFR level