| 单词 | day eye |
| 释义 | > as lemmasday eye day eye n. Coal Mining (now historical) = day-hole n. (cf. sense 23). ΚΠ 1855 Civil Engineer & Architect's Jrnl. 18 82/2 The number of working pits or shafts, exclusive of those used solely for air, is 879. Besides 60 additional winnings by levels, and inclined planes called day eyes; making a total of 989 separate winnings whereby coal is now being worked. 1890 H. T. Crofton in Trans. Lancs. & Cheshire Antiquarian Soc. 7 27 Coal would probably be obtained first by ‘drifts’, ‘day-eyes’, or ‘breast-highs.’ 1999 Jrnl. Appalachian Stud. 5 29 Entering a coal seam through a ‘drift’ or ‘day eye’, such mines required minimum use of machinery and, consequently, required less initial capital. < as lemmas |
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