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dragline
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drag·line  (drgln)
n.
1. A line used for dragging.
2. A kind of dredging machine.
dragline [ˈdrægˌlaɪn]
n
1. (Engineering / Aeronautics) another word for dragrope [2]
2. (Engineering / Mechanical Engineering) Also called dragline crane dragline excavator a power shovel that operates by being dragged by cables at the end of an arm or jib: used for quarrying, opencast mining, etc.


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This article focuses (in casting use in the draglines and shovels.
Dig it! Bucyrus moves the earth with castings: this surface mining ... by Spada, Alfred T. / Modern Casting
Corps draglines straightened seven miles of the Cache while bulldozers assaulted the woodland border before a government task force concluded the activity was the "single most damaging project to waterfowl in the nation today," and funding dried up.
Of Ducks, Delfa, and the Last of the Big Woods by LANTZ, GARY / American Forests
True, the scenery shifts: big draglines strip the western coal now, the company towns are gone, the pay is good, fewer miners die needlessly on the job.
Where the Sun Never Shines: A History of America's Bloody Coal ... by Bethell, Thomas N. / Washington Monthly
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