单词 | shammel |
释义 | shammeln. Mining. (See quots.) ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > workplace > places where raw materials are extracted > mine > [noun] > platform shammel1778 sollar1778 stull1778 pit bank1786 pit brow1853 stage1883 1778 W. Pryce Mineralogia Cornubiensis 142 The Miners prefer a Shammel, which is a stage of boards, for the more light and easy use of their shovels. 1855 J. R. Leifchild Cornwall: Mines & Miners 201 The product was raised by being thrown upon successive platforms (called shammels). 1880 D. C. Davies Treat. Metallif. Minerals & Mining 420 Shammel, a stage for shovelling ore upon, or for raising water. Derivatives ˈshammel v. (intransitive) to work a mine by the use of a series of ‘shammels’. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > mining > mine [verb (intransitive)] > by specific method shammel1778 surface1852 gouge1931 opencast1959 1778 W. Pryce Mineralogia Cornubiensis 142 The custom of Shammeling both above and under-ground at this time. 1860 Eng. & Foreign Mining Gloss. (new ed.) (Cornwall Terms) 22 Shammel, when ore or water is lifted part of the required height by one machine or person and part by another. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < n.1778 |
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