单词 | coal tip |
释义 | > as lemmascoal tip coal tip n. a place or facility at which coal or coal waste is tipped out from wagons, lorries, etc.; a mound or heap of coal or coal waste that has been tipped; cf. tip n.5 3a, 4a. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > mining equipment > [noun] > equipment for lowering or raising miners or material > for raising material > equipment for tipping tumbling tom1826 coal tip1852 kick-up1883 tumbler1883 1852 Rep. of Proc. Dept. Railways for 1851 243 in Parl. Papers XXVIII. 1 The Gadly Company to have also safety-points at their coal tips, and other works. 1906 L. C. Cornford Defenceless Islands 54 The frame-work with the rising platform is called a coal-tip. 1930 Geography 15 473 Ugly black coal tips disfigured the hill slopes. 2005 Western Mail (Cardiff) (Nexis) 12 Aug. 14 Families..endured more than three years of hell living in the shadow of a burning coal tip. < as lemmas |
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