单词 | winning headway |
释义 | > as lemmaswinning headway winning headway n. Coal-mining (see quots., and cf. sense 5 and win v.1 7g); so winning mine, winning pit. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > workplace > places where raw materials are extracted > mine > [noun] > first working 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. < as lemmas |
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