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单词 whole working
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whole working
whole working n. Coal Mining the extraction of coal from a seam not previously worked in any way; cf. sense B. 4.
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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
1842 Children's Employm. Comm.: 1st Rep.: Mines 57 in Parl. Papers XV. 1 In the first working or whole working the men use candles exclusively, and are safe in so doing.
1914 T. C. Cantrill Coal Mining vii. 96 This operation is known as ‘whole-working,’ i.e. working in the whole or unbroached seam.
2003 C. A. Brown We were All Slaves iii. 113 If the entire coal-bearing area was divided into pillars before any extraction occurred, it was called whole working.
extracted from wholeadj.int.n.adv.
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