Zincworks
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A factory where zinc is processed.
"About 4. m. S.W. of Aix., near the great railway viaduct over the Geul, is an old castle on a height, called Emmaburg, from the daughter of Charlemagne, who ran off with his secretary Eginhard. Near it are the calamine-mines and zinc-works of the Vieille Montagne Company."
Example
More examples"About 4. m. S.W. of Aix., near the great railway viaduct over the Geul, is an old castle on a height, called Emmaburg, from the daughter of Charlemagne, who ran off with his secretary Eginhard. Near it are the calamine-mines and zinc-works of the Vieille Montagne Company."
Etymology
From zinc + works.
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