| 单词 | wide work |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswide work wide work n. Coal Mining (now historical and rare) a system of room and pillar mining (see room and pillar n. at room n.1 and int. Phrases 8) in which the passages are significantly wider than the pillars separating them; (also) mining done according to this system; frequently contrasted with narrow work n. at narrow adj. and n. Compounds 2. ΚΠ 1831 Manch. Times & Gaz. 2 Apr. 571/3 Prices of a neighbouring coal master in the same mine... Wide work. 4s. 3d. per load... Strait Work... 3s. 6d. 1851 J. Hedley Pract. Treat. Coal Mines ii. 15 Wide Work is a mode of working peculiar to the Yorkshire Coal Field. 1883 W. S. Gresley Gloss. Terms Coal Mining Wide Work. A South Yorkshire system (now nearly obsolete) of working coal. 1993 C. Baylies Hist. Yorks. Miners 182 The long-wall system involved the working of a long or wide face. In some cases it was distinguished by the term wide work as opposed to the narrow work of the pillar system. < as lemmas |
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