| 单词 | incline shaft |
| 释义 | > as lemmasincline shaft b. Mining. A shaft or opening into a mine having considerable inclination or slope, and which often follows the dip (dip n.1 5a) of a lode. More fully incline shaft. An incline is distinguished from a (vertical) shaft and from a (horizontal) level. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > workplace > places where raw materials are extracted > mine > [noun] > shaft > other types stulm1693 whim-shaft1759 sump shaft1778 channel1816 staple1818 incline shaft1842 raise1877 stair-pit1883 subshaft1889 1842 Children's Employm. Comm.: 1st Rep.: Mines 85 in Parl. Papers XV. 1 The drawer has..to sledge the tub in this manner from the place of getting to the main-way, generally down, though sometimes up, a ‘broo’, brow, or incline, of the same steepness as the inclination of the strata. 1877 R. W. Raymond Statistics Mines & Mining 85 The incline-shaft is down 800 feet... The 600 and 700 foot levels are connected by a winze, which is 175 feet south of the incline. 1932 Times of India 2 Feb. 7/7 A three-decked cage carrying twenty-seven workmen from the 5,400 ft. level went off the track when going down an incline shaft. 1968 Brit. Jrnl. Industr. Med. 25 64/1 The deposits are usually mined by stoping from level adits and from incline shafts. 2005 R. R. Tatiya Surface & Underground Excavations vii. 147 It [sc. rope haulage] is used in conjunction with cage and skip hoisting operations in shafts and inclines. < as lemmas |
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