a. ? U.S. [f. LEACH v.2 + -Y.] Of soils: Of a nature to let water percolate through; not capable of holding water; porous.
1879. L. Stockbridge, Investig. Rainfall, 4. The whole depth was 36 inches, and it would be called a very ‘leachy’ soil.
1880. S. W. Johnson, How Crops Feed, 177. When a soil is too coarsely porous it is said to be leachy or hungry.
