| 释义 |
witchet local.|ˈwɪtʃɪt|
[? repr. a variant *wichet of AF. wiket wicket.]
A wide ‘head’ or working-place in a coal mine; = wicket 5 b.
1677Phil. Trans. XII. 895 A Witchet or Cave was driven out in the middle of it upon a level for gaining of room to work. 1883Gresley Gloss. Coal-mining, Wichet (N[orth] W[ales]), a working place in the shape of a wide heading or board, sometimes 60 or 70 feet in width. |