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winning headway
winning headway n. Coal-mining (see quots., and cf. sense 5 and win v.1 7g); so winning mine, winning pit.
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winning headwayc1790
c1790 Encycl. Brit. (1797) V. 101/1 The first working or excavation made from the coal~pit, commonly called the winning mine or winning headway.
1846 W. E. Brockett J. T. Brockett's Gloss. North Country Words (ed. 3) Winning head-ways, two parallel excavations... The principal exploring drifts of a colliery, for opening out the seams for the daily supply.
1895 Daily Tel. 12 Nov. 6/7 A winning pit of the Blackwell Colliery Company.
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