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Coal Mining. A sloping trough for conveying coal into a receptacle; a shoot. ? Obsolete.
A sloping channel or conduit for letting down coal, ore, wheat, etc. into a lower receptacle.
The steep slope of a spoil-bank beside a quarry or mine, down which rubbish is shot; also, a steep slope for tobogganing.