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ˈcross-ˌheading
[cross- 4.]
1. Mining. A transverse heading (see quots.).
1883H. M. Chance Rep. Mining Methods in Anthrac. Coal Fields 533 Cross-heading, a passage driven for ventilation from the airway to the gangway, or from one breast through the pillar to the adjoining working. 1904Goodchild & Tweney Technol. & Sci. Dict. 140/2 Cross Heading, a drift or passage from one level to another for ventilating purposes.
2. = cross-head n. 2.
1898G. B. Shaw Our Theatres in Nineties (1932) III. 378 The interview, the illustration and the cross-heading, hitherto looked on as American vulgarities impossible to English literary gentlemen, invaded all our papers. 1967Listener 16 Nov. 634 It's my great opportunity to be listed under the magical cross-heading ‘from Professor Ayer and others’. |