| 单词 | moss-box |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmoss-box moss-box n. Coal Mining (now historical) a stuffing box filled with moss, formerly used in Kind and Chaudron's method of sinking shafts through water-bearing strata. ΚΠ 1877 Encycl. Brit. VI. 631 A sliding length of tube, known as the moss-box... The moss..squeeze outwards, forming a completely water-tight joint. 1954 Encycl. Brit. XX. 431/1 The moss-box is now usually omitted, the concreting being relied on to make the lining water-tight. < as lemmas |
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