pillar-and-breast
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pillar-and-breast — | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ adjective : bord and pillar * * * /pil euhr euhn brest /, adj. Mining. room and pillar … Useful english dictionary
room-and-pillar — | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ adjective : bord and pillar * * * /roohm euhn pil euhr, room /, adj. Mining. noting a means of extracting coal or other minerals from underground deposits by first cutting out rooms, then robbing the pillars between them;… … Useful english dictionary
room-and-pillar — /roohm euhn pil euhr, room /, adj. Mining. noting a means of extracting coal or other minerals from underground deposits by first cutting out rooms, then robbing the pillars between them; pillar and breast. Cf. longwall. * * * … Universalium
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