Pitwork
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Pumping machinery used in a mine. uncountable
"[…] and the remarks attached to each in Lean's report, show the necessity of adverting to the different conditions of the pitwork, in an attempt to estimate with accuracy the relative merit of different engines […]"
Example
More examples"[…] and the remarks attached to each in Lean's report, show the necessity of adverting to the different conditions of the pitwork, in an attempt to estimate with accuracy the relative merit of different engines […]"
Etymology
From pit + -work.
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