| 单词 | bank head |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbank head bank head n. (a) the upper portion of the bank of a river, lake, etc.; (b) Mining the mouth of a pit or quarry (cf. sense 12). ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > workplace > places where raw materials are extracted > mine > [noun] > mouth or top of mine or shaft adit1602 bank head1645 mouth1702 bank1708 sough1747 pithead1839 brace1881 mouthing1883 1645 W. Lithgow True Relation Siege Newcastle 10 This being regardfully done, he caused to erect five Batteries, along the Bankhead. 1845 J. Begg in Statist. Acc. Edinburghshire 19 The stones from the mine or quarry were formerly carried to the bank-head by women with creels fastened on their backs. 1993 Equinox June 65/1 The first sight of the surface damage alone at Westray made several rescuers sick to their stomachs. ‘Everybody was just scared,’ says Doucette. ‘The whole bank head was totalled.’ 2002 J. McManus in S. J. Jones & L. U. Frostick Sediment Flux to Basins 222/1 The growth and forward progression of the individual banks..was often aided by disposal of the sediments directly on to the bank head. < as lemmas |
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