forefieldn.
/ˈfɔːfiːld/ Mining.
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1681 T. Houghton Compl. Miner (E.D.S.) Forfield, the furthest place that a man has wrought in his ground, or the end of a meer above-ground.
1756 Philos. Trans. 1755 (Royal Soc.) 49 401 There was a miner working at the forfield, or east end of the vein.
1881 Trans. Amer. Inst. Mining Engineers 1880–1 9 134 Forefield, the face of the workings. The forefield-end is the end of the workings farthest advanced.
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