单词 | mine-head |
释义 | > as lemmasmine-head mine-head n. (a) (Military) an underground area in which explosives are placed to take the enemy by surprise; (b) (Mining) the entrance to a mine; a mine-shaft and headgear (headgear n. 4). ΚΠ 1917 Summ. Recent Information regarding German Army & Methods 21 When the underground fighting becomes particularly vigorous,..the enemy will sometimes raid our mine heads with a view to destroying them or throwing back work. 1953 W. B. Mowery Sagas of Mounted Police 125 At Benders' joint, the price of a pint of pink-eye was a day's hard labor in a mine-head. 2003 H. S. Klein Conc. Hist. Bolivia ii. 38 No one miner owned anything greater than a few mine heads leading into one of the countless veins of silver. < as lemmas |
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