coal-viewern.
/ˈkəʊlˌvjuːə/, U.S. /ˈkoʊlˌvjuər/ Now historical.
A mining engineer who oversees coal mines or is employed as a consultant in the coal industry. Cf. earlier viewer n. 1b.
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society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > miner > [noun] > mining expert > in coal mines
coal-viewer1791
colliery viewer1849
1791 Lloyd's Evening-post 7 Mar. 7/3 The Coal Mines of Whitehaven have been examined by four eminent Coal-Viewers, who are inclined to believe that the danger of the ground sinking more, is over.
1797 J. Curr (title) The practical coal viewer and engine builder's companion.
1853 Househ. Words 1 Oct. 103/2 The evidence of a Newcastle coal viewer..would have settled the case in five minutes.
1906 Railway Mag. Dec. 492/1 An experimental engine was constructed under the superintendence of William Hedley, the coal viewer or manager.
2005 P. Aghion & S. N. Durlauf Handbk Econ. Growth. I. b. xvii. 1157 Outside professional consultants included the famous British ‘coal-viewers’ who advised coal mine owners..on the optimal location and structure of coal mines.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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