leachy

[ lee-chee ]

adjective

, leach·i·er, leach·i·est.

1. allowing water to percolate through, as sandy or rocky soil; porous.

Word History and Origins

Origin of leachy¹

An Americanism dating back to 1840–50; leach ¹ + -y ¹

Example Sentences

"I guess if we lived in a world where we could have both Bash and Leachy able to operate in spinning conditions at Somerset and Hartley and Lyon bowl together at Lancashire I think that would be a great viewing point for spectators."

From BBC

"I'm really close with Leachy, we speak about cricket all the time, go for lunch, go for coffees," he added.

From BBC

I would even ask Leachy to bowl very wide over the wicket in the footholes with a packed legside field.

From The Guardian

Light, leachy sands, like those of Long Island, Southern Jersey, Eastern Maryland, and the Carolinas, seem to do fairly without.

From Project Gutenberg

Sandy soils are made thereby too dry and leachy, and it is a questionable proceeding to turn the heavy clays upon the top.

From Project Gutenberg