society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > miner > [noun] > coal-miner > who cuts coal (3)
hagger1696
English regional (Cumberland). Mining. A miner who cuts coal from the seam; = hewer, n. c. Now historical.
hewer1708
One who hews. In a colliery, the man who cuts the coal from the seam.
holer1829
One who makes a hole; spec. the collier who ‘holes’ or undercuts a coal-seam.