Overcutter

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A device used to cut into rock walls from above.

    "It is estimated that the capacity of an overcutter is three times that of a chain-breast machine and twice that of a shortwall machine;"

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"It is estimated that the capacity of an overcutter is three times that of a chain-breast machine and twice that of a shortwall machine;"

Etymology

From over- + cutter.

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