Hardpan
[HARD-pan]
Part of speech: noun
Origin: American English, 19th century
1.
A hardened impervious layer, typically of clay, occurring in or below the soil and impairing drainage and plant growth.
Examples of Hardpan in a sentence
"We hoped to put in a garden behind our house, but the ground was mostly hardpan and inhospitable to gardening."
"The first residents in the area opted not to build basements due to the difficulty of digging through hardpan."
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