单词 | bottom worker |
释义 | > as lemmasbottom worker b. Mining. The underground workings of a mine, as distinct from the works at the surface; spec. the part of this immediately around the base of a shaft (cf. pit bottom n. at pit n.1 Compounds 2). Also: (chiefly in plural) the lowest workings in a mine (now historical). Frequently attributive, as †bottom captain (obsolete), bottom worker. Cf. bottom coal n. at Compounds 3. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > workplace > places where raw materials are extracted > mine > [noun] > bottom of mine or working sole1653 bottom1695 seat1860 society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > miner > [noun] > supervisors or inspectors bottom captain1778 back-overman1876 marker1901 cap-man1921 society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > miner > [noun] > one who works in specific part of mine bottomer1721 surfacer1852 topman1890 bottom1892 face-man1919 face-worker1926 1695 Acct. 12 July in Accts. Coal Pits Farnley (Leeds Univ. MS11) f. 55v Will: Goodall & Tho: Wood was ye men that went into ye bottom & gott by taske. 1778 W. Pryce Mineralogia Cornubiensis 174 The Bottom-Captains, whose business is to see that the common men perform due labour down in the mine. 1778 W. Pryce Mineralogia Cornubiensis 316/2 Bottoms, the deepest working parts of a Mine that is wrought either by stopeing, driving, or otherwise breaking the Lode. (Bottom, Sole, in Derbyshire). 1843 J. Y. Watson Compend. Brit. Mining 46 Wheal Virgin Copper Mine, in St. Hilary, is 120 fathoms deep; the principal workings at present being in the ‘bottoms’. 1883 W. S. Gresley Gloss. Terms Coal Mining Bottom, the bottom of the shafts and roadways, &c., near the shafts. 1892 Daily News 26 Feb. 5/6 It comprises about 280,000 miners, of whom 200,000 are ‘bottom workers’. 1945 Mech Ann. vii. 195 In cold weather the exhaust system presents the disadvantages of freezing water in the hoisting shaft and causing discomfort for the cage men and other bottom workers. 1981 E. Holland Coniston Copper Mines (2007) 63 Under this debris is a whitewashed ‘engine room’ used for hoisting from the bottoms, to Deep Level hoppers. < as lemmas |
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