单词 | gang road |
释义 | > as lemmasgang road gang road n. now historical and rare a road or tramway along which coal is transported from a mine; (also) an underground railway in a mine. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > road > [noun] > from harbour to buildings gang road1733 1733 Pract. Husbandman & Planter I. iii. 48 Those low drug Wheels, by which the Coals of Durham and Northumberland, and other Places, are drawn a long Way on Gang Roads or Ways. 1834 E. Mammatt Ashby Coal-field ii. 29 To conduct the gas by proper pipes, down the shafts and along the gang-roads and levels under ground. 1893 Daily Picayune (New Orleans) 3 Feb. 1/3 It is supposed that the accident was due to leaving one of the main doors open to a gang road. 1969 F. Nixon Industr. Archaeol. Derbyshire 149 The Gang road was opened in 1795, the canal throughout its length in 1796. < as lemmas |
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