the structure supporting machinery at the entrance to a mine
headframe in American English
(ˈhedˌfreim)
noun
a structure supporting the hoisting sheaves at the top of a mine shaft
Also called: gallows frame
Word origin
[1875–80; head + frame]This word is first recorded in the period 1875–80. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: cross-fertilization, fan-tan, graph, overdraft, slime mold
Examples of 'headframe' in a sentence
headframe
The article describes objects such as headgear with steel support and 4-post headframe with steel sheers.
Biel Damian, Lipecki Tomasz 2018, 'Headframe modelling accuracy for finite element method analysis purposes', Reports on Geodesy and Geoinformaticshttp://www.degruyter.com/view/j/rgg.2018.106.issue-1/rgg-2018-0010/rgg-2018-0010.xml?format=INT. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)