engine pitn.

Brit.

/ˈɛn(d)ʒ(ᵻ)n pɪt/, U.S.

/ˈɛndʒən ˌpɪt/

Forms: see engine n. and pit n.¹

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: engine n., pit n.¹

Etymology: < engine n. + pit n.¹

1. Mining. A pit containing an engine for pumping out water. Now chiefly historical.

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society > occupation and work > workplace > places where raw materials are extracted > mine > [noun] > other places in mine

work1474

firework1606

stemple1653

stool1653

bink1675

engine pit1687

swamp1691

feeder1702

wall1728

bag1742

sill1747

stope1747

rose cistern1778

striking-house1824

plat1828

stemplar1828

screen chamber1829

offtake1835

footwall1837

triple pit1839

stamp1849

paddock1852

working floor1858

pit house1866

ground-sluice1869

screen tower1871

planilla1877

undercurrent1877

mill1878

blanket-sluice1881

stringing-deal1881

wagon-breast1881

brushing-bed1883

poppet-leg1890

slippet1898

stable1906

overcut1940

1687 Halifax Papers in J. H. Rieuwerts Gloss. Derbyshire Lead Mining Terms (1998) 66/1 Ingain Pitt.

1747 W. Hooson Miners Dict. sig. Y3^v There is another contrivance for to bring down Wind, and is very good for deep Shafts, as Engine Pits or others.

1799 Times 17 Oct. 4/1 The Mines..comprize, above the level drained by the Duke of Bridgewater's Engine Pit, upwards of 100 statute acres each.

1839 A. Ure Dict. Arts 970 In every winning of coal, the shape of the engine-pit deserves much consideration.

1852 F. Overman Treat. Metall. i. iv. 67 The miners..work towards the engine pit, taking the pillars down, and letting the roof drop as they retire.

1932 J. U. Nef Rise Brit. Coal Industry I. iv. i. 367 The mine owner had usually to drive a drainage head to get the water from the new working to run either into the engine pit, or into the adit.

1972 Econ. Hist. Rev. 25 42 In 1718 the colliery had an engine pit, three old but newly scoured pits, and four recently sunk shafts.

1984 J. Shaw Water Power in Scotl. xxiii. 385 By April 1787 the engine pit had only been sunk to twenty-two fathoms.

2. A sunken area in the ground or floor allowing access to the underside of a vehicle. Cf. pit n.¹ 11.

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1839 P. Lecount Pract. Treat. Railways 397 e, e, e [are] lines of rails from the central turnplate to each engine pit.

1886 Proc. Inst. Civil Engineers 87 392 The engine-pits are 2 feet 7 inches deep, 3 feet 10 inches wide, and extend the full length of the roads.

1904 G. F. Goodchild & C. F. Tweney Technol. & Sci. Dict. 201/1 Engine pit, a depression or pit into which a man can get to examine the lower parts of a locomotive, motor car, etc.

1953 Law & Contemp. Probl. 18 359 The plaintiff, a train service employee, was injured while trying to cross an engine pit on a greasy plank, as he headed for the lavatory.

2001 A. Sanderson Wright Sites (ed. 3) 42 Robie shared Wright's fascination with the automobile, which may explain the three-car garage outfitted with an engine pit and car wash.

3. In an internal combustion engine: the bottom part of the crankcase; = sump n. 5. rare.

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society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > machines which impart power > engine > internal-combustion engine > [noun] > parts of > other parts

thermo-siphon1834

crank-case1878

manifolda1884

hot tube1889

sump1894

hit-and-miss governor1897

engine pit1903

retard1903

head1904

gasket1915

gravity tank1917

cylinder block1923

transfer case1923

swirl chamber1934

manifolding1938

ignition switch1952

catalytic converter1955

small block1963

cat1988

1903 Gas Engine Oct. 371/2 An oil shield is furnished, also a drain in the engine pit to catch the surplus oil.

1940 Chambers's Techn. Dict. 298/2 Engine pit..an engine sump or crank pit; the box-like lower part of the crank-case.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	engine pit
释义	engine pitn. Brit. /ˈɛn(d)ʒ(ᵻ)n pɪt/, U.S. /ˈɛndʒən ˌpɪt/ Forms: see engine n. and pit n.¹ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: engine n., pit n.¹ Etymology: < engine n. + pit n.¹ 1. Mining. A pit containing an engine for pumping out water. Now chiefly historical. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > workplace > places where raw materials are extracted > mine > [noun] > other places in mine work1474 firework1606 stemple1653 stool1653 bink1675 engine pit1687 swamp1691 feeder1702 wall1728 bag1742 sill1747 stope1747 rose cistern1778 striking-house1824 plat1828 stemplar1828 screen chamber1829 offtake1835 footwall1837 triple pit1839 stamp1849 paddock1852 working floor1858 pit house1866 ground-sluice1869 screen tower1871 planilla1877 undercurrent1877 mill1878 blanket-sluice1881 stringing-deal1881 wagon-breast1881 brushing-bed1883 poppet-leg1890 slippet1898 stable1906 overcut1940 1687 Halifax Papers in J. H. Rieuwerts Gloss. Derbyshire Lead Mining Terms (1998) 66/1 Ingain Pitt. 1747 W. Hooson Miners Dict. sig. Y3^v There is another contrivance for to bring down Wind, and is very good for deep Shafts, as Engine Pits or others. 1799 Times 17 Oct. 4/1 The Mines..comprize, above the level drained by the Duke of Bridgewater's Engine Pit, upwards of 100 statute acres each. 1839 A. Ure Dict. Arts 970 In every winning of coal, the shape of the engine-pit deserves much consideration. 1852 F. Overman Treat. Metall. i. iv. 67 The miners..work towards the engine pit, taking the pillars down, and letting the roof drop as they retire. 1932 J. U. Nef Rise Brit. Coal Industry I. iv. i. 367 The mine owner had usually to drive a drainage head to get the water from the new working to run either into the engine pit, or into the adit. 1972 Econ. Hist. Rev. 25 42 In 1718 the colliery had an engine pit, three old but newly scoured pits, and four recently sunk shafts. 1984 J. Shaw Water Power in Scotl. xxiii. 385 By April 1787 the engine pit had only been sunk to twenty-two fathoms. 2. A sunken area in the ground or floor allowing access to the underside of a vehicle. Cf. pit n.¹ 11. ΚΠ 1839 P. Lecount Pract. Treat. Railways 397 e, e, e [are] lines of rails from the central turnplate to each engine pit. 1886 Proc. Inst. Civil Engineers 87 392 The engine-pits are 2 feet 7 inches deep, 3 feet 10 inches wide, and extend the full length of the roads. 1904 G. F. Goodchild & C. F. Tweney Technol. & Sci. Dict. 201/1 Engine pit, a depression or pit into which a man can get to examine the lower parts of a locomotive, motor car, etc. 1953 Law & Contemp. Probl. 18 359 The plaintiff, a train service employee, was injured while trying to cross an engine pit on a greasy plank, as he headed for the lavatory. 2001 A. Sanderson Wright Sites (ed. 3) 42 Robie shared Wright's fascination with the automobile, which may explain the three-car garage outfitted with an engine pit and car wash. 3. In an internal combustion engine: the bottom part of the crankcase; = sump n. 5. rare. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > machines which impart power > engine > internal-combustion engine > [noun] > parts of > other parts thermo-siphon1834 crank-case1878 manifolda1884 hot tube1889 sump1894 hit-and-miss governor1897 engine pit1903 retard1903 head1904 gasket1915 gravity tank1917 cylinder block1923 transfer case1923 swirl chamber1934 manifolding1938 ignition switch1952 catalytic converter1955 small block1963 cat1988 1903 Gas Engine Oct. 371/2 An oil shield is furnished, also a drain in the engine pit to catch the surplus oil. 1940 Chambers's Techn. Dict. 298/2 Engine pit..an engine sump or crank pit; the box-like lower part of the crank-case. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1687
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