单词 | footrill |
释义 | footrilln. Coal Mining. An open cast mine consisting of near horizontal passages dug into the surface; a mine consisting of one or more near horizontal shafts or passages; such a shaft forming the entrance to a mine. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > mining > [noun] > for coal > types of footrill1686 post and stall1793 long way1795 stall-work1811 long-wall1820 pitchwork1858 stoop-and-room1881 stonework1883 strait work1883 stumping1883 1686 R. Plot Nat. Hist. Staffs. iii. 129 The open works..where..the Workmen rid off the earth, and dig the coal under their feet.., whence these sort of Coale-works are commonly call'd Foot-ridds, or Footrills. 1835 J. Holland Hist. & Descr. Fossil Fuel, Collieries, & Coal Trade x. 210 This description of entrance is called a futteril. 1885 Sheffield Daily Tel. 30 June Four Shafts and a Footrill have been sunk to the Coal. 1902 Times 1 Sept. 8/3 A companion said the deceased boy went down the ‘footrill’ ‘for a bit of fun’. 1953 Times 4 Feb. 2/7 Six men were killed and one seriously injured in an explosion..in the Whinpenny seam at Dales Green footrill mine. 2001 R. Redfern Walking in Peakland 14 There are still the old mines near Cowley Bottom, the old ‘footrill’ near upper Lee Bridge. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1686 |
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