| 单词 | frontage-owner |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfrontage-owner attributive, as frontage-foot, frontage-owner, frontage-rate, frontage-system; frontage-claim n. a portion of land of a definite measurement in front, but of indefinite length towards the rear. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > workplace > places where raw materials are extracted > mine > [noun] > land appropriated by miner claim1792 frontage-claim1869 1869 R. B. Smyth Gold Fields Victoria 612 Frontage-claim—A claim, the lateral boundaries of which are not fixed until the lead has been traced through it. 1877 W. Black Green Pastures (1878) xli. 325 We would cover every frontage foot with gold. 1889 Spectator 14 Dec. 843 The small affair of a frontage rate. 1890 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Miner's Right I. viii. 200 The frontage system..was considered..to afford a highly needful guarantee for capital invested in mining enterprise. 1896 Star 15 Dec. 2/6 Charging the frontage owners 9s. in the pound. < as lemmas |
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