opencastn.adv.adj.

Brit.

/ˈəʊp(ə)nkɑːst/,

/ˈəʊp(ə)nkast/, U.S.

/ˈoʊp(ə)nˌkæst/, Scottish English

/ˈop(ə)nkast/

Forms: see open adv. and cast adj.²

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: open adv., cast adj.²

Etymology: < open adv. + cast adj.²

Mining (originally Scottish).

A. n.

An excavation open to the surface. Also: a method of mining in which rock is removed progressively in horizontal layers from the surface downwards, rather than from shafts, resulting in a large open quarry.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > workplace > places where raw materials are extracted > mine > [noun] > mine by type of operation

stream-work1586

opencast?a1650

lavatory1712

lavadero1717

coffin1778

whole working1842

open cut1848

dry- or wet-diggings1849

river diggings1850

placer digging1851

placer working1867

drift mine1882

strip mine1934

society > occupation and work > workplace > places where raw materials are extracted > mine > [noun] > surface works

opencast?a1650

openwork1665

pit-heap1769

grass work1828

paddock1852

?a1650 Information Coalheugh at Campbelltown in Argyll. Munim. (Argyll Arch., Inverary Castle) Your fewars [to] work the open cast of the levell.

1660 in E. Henderson Kirk-session Rec. Dumfermline (1865) 55 The Kirkyaird may be maid dry if there were..ane open cast for convoying the water away.

1678 Sheriffhall Coal Acct. Bks. 21 Nov. in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue at Opin For working at the oppencast on the southsyd of the Combe.

1713 in Sc. National Dict. (1965) VI. 487/3 33½ fadoms wrought of closs Mynding besyds what is wrought of a flagged Mynd, and oppen cast.

1789 J. Williams Nat. Hist. Mineral Kingdom I. ii. 272 This open-cast has been worked to a great length upon the bearing and the old works now exhibit a horrid and frightful gulph of great length.

1811 J. Farey Gen. View Agric. Derbyshire I. 359 The sinking was further continued, and the heaps on the sides of these open-works, or open-casts, increased.

1930 Jrnl. Royal Anthropol. Inst. 60 398 The most southern old working..is on Mr. George Hays's farm.., where there is a big open-cast in some irregular gold-bearing veins.

a1974 B. L. Coombes Home on Hill in B. Jones & C. Williams With Dust still in his Throat (1999) i. 20 Big coal laden lorries from the opencast squeal downward protesting at the gripping brakes.

2002 Evening News (Edinburgh) (Nexis) 16 Aug. 20 Among the sites being considered for opencasts are Polkemmet, where plans are under way to remove 1.4 million tonnes of coal.

B. adv.

By means of this method of mining.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > industry > mining > [adverb] > method of mining

opencast1859

wide1886

1859 J. J. Watson in Geologist 2 248 Both mines are worked ‘open-cast’—that is to say, the superincumbent are stripped from the upper surface of the vein, which is then worked through its whole thickness after the manner of a quarry.

1903 Copper Handbk. III. 260 Veins are stripped and worked open-cast.

1920 L. W. Hinxman et al. Mem. Geol. Surv. Scotl. iii. 34 The beds dip south-east at about 20° and were worked both opencast and by mining.

1974 Proc. Royal Soc. A. 339 320 The northern ore field has been mostly worked opencast at outcrop or under shallow cover.

C. adj.

Of, relating to, or designating this method of mining.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > industry > mining > [adjective] > method of mining

open cut1869

underhand1877

open-pit1892

opencast1896

shortwall1912

1896 Imperial & Asiatic Q. Rev. Jan. 150 Rough open cast workings made by a succession of prospectors to the same place.

1925 C. Wells Six Years in Malay Jungle v. 48 For centuries the Chinese have been mining this metal by the open cast method, and have laid waste enormous areas of the country.

1931 G. Beet Grand Old Days Diamond Fields 97 For the exploitation of the kimberlite pipes, or craters, elaborate methods of open-cast and underground mining have been evolved in the past fifty years.

1944 Times 8 Apr. 2/4 The movement of opencast coal has been increased by 80,000 tons a week.

1974 Country Life 14 Feb. 284/2 Development and exploitation, ranging from housing estates to open-cast mining.

1990 Country Walking Jan. 5/1 Plans by British Coal to begin opencast mining in the heart of D. H. Lawrence country have brought angry reaction from walkers.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

opencastv.

Brit.

/ˈəʊp(ə)nkɑːst/,

/ˈəʊp(ə)nkast/, U.S.

/ˈoʊp(ə)nˌkæst/

Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: opencast n.

Etymology: < opencast n.

Mining.

1. transitive. To excavate (an area) by the opencast method.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > industry > mining > mine [verb (transitive)] > by specific method

opencast1764

hydraulic1868

strip mine1934

1764 J. Smeaton Reports I. 49 The under-ground passage..cannot be conveniently open-cast.

1925 Proc. Royal Soc. A. 109 p. xv Where extensive depths of great thickness occur, these can be open-cast and excavated by machinery.

1993 Guardian 23 Feb. 5/2 Mr Howard also quashed an attempt by a private company..to opencast 70 acres of land a mile from the Arco site.

2. intransitive. To carry out opencast mining. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > industry > mining > mine [verb (intransitive)] > by specific method

shammel1778

surface1852

gouge1931

opencast1959

1959 Scotsman 17 Jan. 8/7 With modern equipment it is possible to opencast cheaper than to mine.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	opencast
释义	opencastn.adv.adj. Brit. /ˈəʊp(ə)nkɑːst/, /ˈəʊp(ə)nkast/, U.S. /ˈoʊp(ə)nˌkæst/, Scottish English /ˈop(ə)nkast/ Forms: see open adv. and cast adj.² Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: open adv., cast adj.² Etymology: < open adv. + cast adj.² Mining (originally Scottish). A. n. An excavation open to the surface. Also: a method of mining in which rock is removed progressively in horizontal layers from the surface downwards, rather than from shafts, resulting in a large open quarry. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > workplace > places where raw materials are extracted > mine > [noun] > mine by type of operation stream-work1586 opencast?a1650 lavatory1712 lavadero1717 coffin1778 whole working1842 open cut1848 dry- or wet-diggings1849 river diggings1850 placer digging1851 placer working1867 drift mine1882 strip mine1934 society > occupation and work > workplace > places where raw materials are extracted > mine > [noun] > surface works opencast?a1650 openwork1665 pit-heap1769 grass work1828 paddock1852 ?a1650 Information Coalheugh at Campbelltown in Argyll. Munim. (Argyll Arch., Inverary Castle) Your fewars [to] work the open cast of the levell. 1660 in E. Henderson Kirk-session Rec. Dumfermline (1865) 55 The Kirkyaird may be maid dry if there were..ane open cast for convoying the water away. 1678 Sheriffhall Coal Acct. Bks. 21 Nov. in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue at Opin For working at the oppencast on the southsyd of the Combe. 1713 in Sc. National Dict. (1965) VI. 487/3 33½ fadoms wrought of closs Mynding besyds what is wrought of a flagged Mynd, and oppen cast. 1789 J. Williams Nat. Hist. Mineral Kingdom I. ii. 272 This open-cast has been worked to a great length upon the bearing and the old works now exhibit a horrid and frightful gulph of great length. 1811 J. Farey Gen. View Agric. Derbyshire I. 359 The sinking was further continued, and the heaps on the sides of these open-works, or open-casts, increased. 1930 Jrnl. Royal Anthropol. Inst. 60 398 The most southern old working..is on Mr. George Hays's farm.., where there is a big open-cast in some irregular gold-bearing veins. a1974 B. L. Coombes Home on Hill in B. Jones & C. Williams With Dust still in his Throat (1999) i. 20 Big coal laden lorries from the opencast squeal downward protesting at the gripping brakes. 2002 Evening News (Edinburgh) (Nexis) 16 Aug. 20 Among the sites being considered for opencasts are Polkemmet, where plans are under way to remove 1.4 million tonnes of coal. B. adv. By means of this method of mining. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > mining > [adverb] > method of mining opencast1859 wide1886 1859 J. J. Watson in Geologist 2 248 Both mines are worked ‘open-cast’—that is to say, the superincumbent are stripped from the upper surface of the vein, which is then worked through its whole thickness after the manner of a quarry. 1903 Copper Handbk. III. 260 Veins are stripped and worked open-cast. 1920 L. W. Hinxman et al. Mem. Geol. Surv. Scotl. iii. 34 The beds dip south-east at about 20° and were worked both opencast and by mining. 1974 Proc. Royal Soc. A. 339 320 The northern ore field has been mostly worked opencast at outcrop or under shallow cover. C. adj. Of, relating to, or designating this method of mining. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > mining > [adjective] > method of mining open cut1869 underhand1877 open-pit1892 opencast1896 shortwall1912 1896 Imperial & Asiatic Q. Rev. Jan. 150 Rough open cast workings made by a succession of prospectors to the same place. 1925 C. Wells Six Years in Malay Jungle v. 48 For centuries the Chinese have been mining this metal by the open cast method, and have laid waste enormous areas of the country. 1931 G. Beet Grand Old Days Diamond Fields 97 For the exploitation of the kimberlite pipes, or craters, elaborate methods of open-cast and underground mining have been evolved in the past fifty years. 1944 Times 8 Apr. 2/4 The movement of opencast coal has been increased by 80,000 tons a week. 1974 Country Life 14 Feb. 284/2 Development and exploitation, ranging from housing estates to open-cast mining. 1990 Country Walking Jan. 5/1 Plans by British Coal to begin opencast mining in the heart of D. H. Lawrence country have brought angry reaction from walkers. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online June 2022). opencastv. Brit. /ˈəʊp(ə)nkɑːst/, /ˈəʊp(ə)nkast/, U.S. /ˈoʊp(ə)nˌkæst/ Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: opencast n. Etymology: < opencast n. Mining. 1. transitive. To excavate (an area) by the opencast method. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > mining > mine [verb (transitive)] > by specific method opencast1764 hydraulic1868 strip mine1934 1764 J. Smeaton Reports I. 49 The under-ground passage..cannot be conveniently open-cast. 1925 Proc. Royal Soc. A. 109 p. xv Where extensive depths of great thickness occur, these can be open-cast and excavated by machinery. 1993 Guardian 23 Feb. 5/2 Mr Howard also quashed an attempt by a private company..to opencast 70 acres of land a mile from the Arco site. 2. intransitive. To carry out opencast mining. rare. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > mining > mine [verb (intransitive)] > by specific method shammel1778 surface1852 gouge1931 opencast1959 1959 Scotsman 17 Jan. 8/7 With modern equipment it is possible to opencast cheaper than to mine. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adv.adj.?a1650v.1764
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