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pithead

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pithead [ˈpɪtˌhɛd]
n
(Mining & Quarrying) the top of a mine shaft and the buildings, hoisting gear, etc., situated around it
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Noun1.pithead - the entrance to a coal mine
entrance, entranceway, entryway, entree, entry - something that provides access (to get in or get out); "they waited at the entrance to the garden"; "beggars waited just outside the entryway to the cathedral"
Translations
pithead [ˈpɪthed] N → bocamina f
pithead [ˈpɪthɛd] n (British) → carreau m de mine
pith helmet n → casque m colonial
pithead
n → Übertageanlagen pl; at the pithead → über Tage; pithead ballot → Abstimmung f → der Bergarbeiter
pithead [ˈpɪtˌhɛd] n → imbocco della miniera
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He and three others, together with some mechanics, stayed after the closure of Emley that Christmas to seal off the shafts and dismantle the equipment and pithead structures.
The Emley Moor mining brotherhood by Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England)
Its yard still holds a mineshaft with pithead gear, sheds, steamdriven engines and tools.
Steeplejack Fred's home to go public; HERITAGE by The Mirror (London, England)
With a workforce of 950 men underground the explosion sent one lift cage rocketing up the shaft and crashing into the pithead gear.
BLAST AT SENGHENYDD by South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales)
 
 
 
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