单词 | opencasting |
释义 | opencastingn. Mining. Opencast mining. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > mining > [noun] > other specific mining processes gadding1753 costeaning1778 refinement1815 rope boring1852 piping1869 chlorination1875 opencasting1886 resue1903 resuing1905 biomining1982 1886 J. Barrowman Gloss. Sc. Mining Terms 48 Open-casting, holing above the seam: working as a quarry. 1930 Jrnl. Royal Anthropol. Inst. 60 395 From the nature of the deposits the work at Messina was all open-casting. There are no known ancient drives or shafts. 1976 Ilkeston Advertiser 10 Dec. 11/1 Mr Alex Eadie..praised the council for its ‘exceptional foresight’ by co-operating with the Coal Board in planning and restoring land after opencasting. 1992 Green Mag. Apr. 45/3 When the opencasting is completed, all sites are restored to what is acknowledged to be the highest standard in the world. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1886 |
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