stemplen.
/ˈstɛmp(ə)l/ Mining.
1. ? A stull piece.
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society > occupation and work > workplace > places where raw materials are extracted > mine > [noun] > other places in mine
work1474
firework1606
stemple1653
stool1653
bink1675
engine pit1687
swamp1691
feeder1702
wall1728
bag1742
sill1747
stope1747
rose cistern1778
striking-house1824
plat1828
stemplar1828
screen chamber1829
offtake1835
footwall1837
triple pit1839
stamp1849
paddock1852
working floor1858
pit house1866
ground-sluice1869
screen tower1871
planilla1877
undercurrent1877
mill1878
blanket-sluice1881
stringing-deal1881
wagon-breast1881
brushing-bed1883
poppet-leg1890
slippet1898
stable1906
overcut1940
1653 E. Manlove Liberties & Customes Lead-mines Derby 257 Bunnings, Polings, Stemples.
1671 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 6 2107 We under-prop our Drifts with Stemples, and Wall-plates, placed much like a Carpenters square, on the one side, and over head.
1778 W. Pryce Mineralogia Cornubiensis 97 The adventurers have been often put to unnecessary expence in stemples and lock-pieces to secure the Mine from falling in.
1883 Encycl. Brit. XVI. 453/1 They put in strong pieces of timber from wall to wall, and cover these cross-pieces (stempels, stull-pieces) with boards or poles.
2. (See quots.)
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society > occupation and work > equipment > mining equipment > [noun] > wood serving as ladder
bunding1653
stemple1674
1674 J. Ray Smelting Silver in Coll. Eng. Words 118 The transverse pieces of wood they call stemples and upon these catching hold with their Hands and Feet they descend without using any rope.
1874 J. H. Collins Princ. Metal Mining (1875) i. 9 The native miners of Chili..continue..to carry the ore to the surface on their backs, mounting the ‘stemples’ which are driven into the wall of the lode to serve instead of ladders.
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