单词 | ginging |
释义 | gingingn. English regional (chiefly Derbyshire). Mining. Now historical and rare. A wooden, stone, or brick lining of a mine shaft. Occasionally also: the action or process of constructing such a lining. Cf. ging v.2 ΚΠ 1811 J. Farey Gen. View Agric. Derbyshire I. 327 The sinking is..continued down for two feet or more of that size, after which it is enlarged or bellied out, to the size necessary to receive the Ginging. 1811 J. Farey Gen. View Agric. Derbyshire I. 366 The processes of Boreing [sic], Sinking, Ginging, Soughing.., &c. have been shortly described. 1819 A. Rees Cycl. XV Garland..a spiral groove, made behind and in the stoning or ginging of a shaft, for collecting the water which oozes out of different strata. 2005 S. Timberlake & A. J. N. W. Prag Archaeol. Alderley Edge vi. 80/1 This..involved the removal of the infilling sand back to the stone ‘ginging’ (the original shaft lining). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1811 |
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