英语词汇“mothergate”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

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mothergate

mothergate n. [ < mother n.¹ + gate n.²] Coal Mining English regional (north-eastern) the main passage in a series of mine workings, through which coal is conveyed to the surface.

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1839 Penny Cycl. XV. 247 When the bord or ‘mother-gate’ has proceeded some distance on both sides of the pit [etc.].

1848 Eng. & Foreign Mining Gloss. (Newcastle Terms) 124 Mothergate, the bord along which the coals are trammed from a district of workings.

1942 Penguin New Writing 12 95 At last they came to the end of the long, low mothergate which follows the coal-face.

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单词	mothergate
释义	> as lemmas mothergate mothergate n. [ < mother n.¹ + gate n.²] Coal Mining English regional (north-eastern) the main passage in a series of mine workings, through which coal is conveyed to the surface. ΚΠ 1839 Penny Cycl. XV. 247 When the bord or ‘mother-gate’ has proceeded some distance on both sides of the pit [etc.]. 1848 Eng. & Foreign Mining Gloss. (Newcastle Terms) 124 Mothergate, the bord along which the coals are trammed from a district of workings. 1942 Penguin New Writing 12 95 At last they came to the end of the long, low mothergate which follows the coal-face. extracted from mothern.¹int. < as lemmas
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