| 单词 | to bank |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto (also at) bank 12. Mining. As a mass noun. The area surrounding the top of a shaft or the mouth of a pit. Chiefly in to (also at) bank. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > workplace > places where raw materials are extracted > mine > [noun] > mouth or top of mine or shaft adit1602 bank head1645 mouth1702 bank1708 sough1747 pithead1839 brace1881 mouthing1883 1708 J. C. Compl. Collier 12 in T. Nourse Mistery of Husbandry Discover'd (ed. 3) Horses to draw your Coals to Bank (or Day) out of the Pit. 1765 London Mag. Jan. 40/1 A gin is a machine to raise great weights, of universal service to the coal-owners for drawing the coals to bank. 1835 Rep. Select Comm. Accidents in Mines 215 in Parl. Papers (H.C. 603) V. 1 The placing of the furnace at bank, over the up-cast shaft, with a chimney of moderate height. 1892 Daily News 11 Mar. 5/7 The preparations which are made at many pits to bring horses and ponies ‘to bank’. 1935 H. Heslop Last Cage Down iii. v. 315 One never knew how long the pit would be closed and there were a few things he wanted to see personally before the men rode to bank for the last time. 1987 R. Collis Pitmen of Northern Coalfield xiii. 207 The marching gang could call out workers in other collieries, destroy, scatter or confiscate the coal at bank. < as lemmas |
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