| 释义 |
scowles, n. pl. dial.
[Of obscure origin: cf. scowl n.3]
(Also scowl-holes.) See quots. Hence scowle v. intr., (of mine-workings) to cave in.
18354th Rep. Dean Forest Comm. 3 The excavations, provincially called Scowles, which exist in many parts of the Forest, have evidently been made for the purpose and in the course of getting out the ore. 1884N. & Q. Ser. vi. X. 288 The word applied to the actual quarries is usually scowl-holes, Scowles having become a place-name in several localities. 1890Glouc. Gloss., Scowles..A very common word here [i.e. Forest of Dean] for the sides of workings in coal or iron mines falling in. The miners say ‘scowling in’. |