| 单词 | pithead |
| 释义 | pithead From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishIndustrypitheadpit‧head /ˈpɪt-hed/ noun [countable] British EnglishTIthe entrance to a coal mine and the buildings around itExamples from the Corpuspithead• Under the 1911 Coal Mines Act, pithead baths had to be provided if two-thirds of the miners voted for them.• The original colliery buildings, including the winding engine-house, the blacksmiths' shop and pithead baths.• Only a third of collieries had pithead baths before nationalisation.• Whilst cleaning the pithead baths at the Stillingfleet Colliery Tony was asked to wash the back of a bathing miner.• The story of the pithead baths bears him out. |
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