longwall cutter

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• coal cutter — a machine for cutting a kerf, esp. in longwall mining. [1870 75] * * * …   Universalium

• coal cutter — noun : a hand manipulated but power driven machine that is used to detach coal from the vein usually by sawing or drilling * * * a machine for cutting a kerf, esp. in longwall mining. [1870 75] …   Useful english dictionary

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• mining — /muy ning/, n. 1. the act, process, or industry of extracting ores, coal, etc., from mines. 2. the laying of explosive mines. [1250 1300; ME: undermining (walls in an attack); see MINE2, ING1] * * * I Excavation of materials from the Earth s… …   Universalium

• shortwall — /shawrt wawl /, adj. Mining. pertaining to a means of extracting coal when the working face is about a third the length of the longwall system and mining is done by a continuous cutter rather than by longwall machinery. [1910 15; SHORT + WALL] *… …   Universalium

• shortwall — /shawrt wawl /, adj. Mining. pertaining to a means of extracting coal when the working face is about a third the length of the longwall system and mining is done by a continuous cutter rather than by longwall machinery. [1910 15; SHORT + WALL] …   Useful english dictionary

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