open-workingn.
/əʊp(ə)nˈwəːkɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈoʊp(ə)nˈwərkɪŋ/ΘΚΠ
the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > manufacture of textile fabric > [noun] > lacemaking > making specific types of lace
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1844 G. Dodd Textile Manuf. Great Brit. vii. 225 The working round of the outline [of lace] is called ‘running’, while the filling up of the interior parts is termed either ‘fining’ or ‘open-working’.
1865 F. B. Palliser Hist. Lace xxxv. 424 The filling up of the interior is termed either ‘fining’, or ‘open-working’, as the original meshes of the net are brought to a smaller or larger size by the needle.
2. Mining. Mining that employs openworks; = openwork n. 2.
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society > occupation and work > industry > mining > [noun] > other specific types of mining
shoading1778
nuggeting1852
placer mining1852
reefing1859
hydraulic mining1873
stripping1874
drift mining1877
gouging1877
hydraulicking1880
open-working1881
strip mining1935
horizon mining1947
roadheading1969
1881 R. W. Raymond Gloss. Mining & Metall. Terms 23 Coffin, Cornwall... An old open working.
1920 A. H. Fay Gloss. Mining & Mineral Industry 474/2 Open-working, surface mining; quarrying; open-pit mining.
1926 J. H. Clapham Econ. Hist. Mod. Brit. x. 433 South Wales was full of mines worked by drifts, or levels, and contained also important open-workings.
1961 M. M. Cole S. Afr. xviii. 286 Most famous is the Big Hole at Kimberley..which was excavated as an open working to a depth of 1,335 feet.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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