Mining. An underground passage in a mine; a drift (drift, n. 15). Cf. heading, n. 13. Now rare.
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| 释义 | society > occupation and work > workplace > places where raw materials are extracted > mine > [noun] > passage > other passages in coal-mine (6) head1486 Mining. An underground passage in a mine; a drift (drift, n. 15). Cf. heading, n. 13. Now rare. room1670 In technical applications. Mining. Originally Scottish. A passage or space for working in a coal mine, esp. one left between pillars (pillar, n. 10). headway1708 Coal Mining. A passage driven in a direction parallel to that of the main cleavage of the coal (the cleat). Also (and in earliest use) in plural with… breast-hee1850 A tunnel or horizontal entrance into a coal-mine which is so low that a miner has to stoop to enter. gate-road1860 = gateway, n.2 stall gate1883 the road from a stall to the main road in a coal-mine. |
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