单词 | coe-stead |
释义 | > as lemmascoe-stead (†-stid) a. A little hut built over a mine-shaft, as a protection to the shaft, or as a repository for ore, tools, etc. Hence coe-shaft, coe-stead (†-stid). ΚΠ 1653 E. Manlove Liberties & Customes Lead-mines Derby 117 Such as be cavers, or do rob men's coes. 1653 E. Manlove Liberties & Customes Lead-mines Derby 259 Water-holes, Wind-holes, Veyns, Coe-shafts and Woughs. 1653 E. Manlove Liberties & Customes Lead-mines Derby 273 Fleaks, Knockings, Coestid, Trunks and Sparks of oar. 1747 W. Hooson Miners Dict. sig. Ijb Fleaks [are] those very useful things that the miner uses to make for Shelter when he has as yet no Coe to hold off the Wind and Rain from his Shaft. 1811 J. Farey Gen. View Agric. Derbyshire I. 360 Coes, or small buildings..for stowing the Ore, Tools, &c. 1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. Cow, a rude shed erected over the mouth of a coal-pit. 1890 A Correspondent says : ‘The word is still in use among Derbyshire lead-miners’. < as lemmas |
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