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单词 astyllen
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astyllenn.

Origin: A borrowing from Welsh. Etymon: Welsh astyllen.
Etymology: < Welsh astyllen plank, board, stave (a1607; 12th cent. as ystyllen), singulative of astell , in the same senses (although this is first attested later: a1400) < post-classical Latin astella , variant of hastella (see astel n.).Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: aˈstyllen.
Mining.
A small dam in an adit or level to prevent the full passage of the water.
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1849 J. Weale Rudim. Dict. Terms Archit. i. 31/1 Astyllen, in mining, a small ward or stoppage in an adit or mine, to prevent the..passage of water, by damming up.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online September 2019).
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