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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In coal-mining, the walling or lining of a shaft.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Mining) The lining of a mine shaft with stones or bricks to prevent caving.
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- noun mining The
lining of ashaft withstones orbricks to preventcollapse .
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tbtabby commented on the word ginging
The lining of a mine shaft with stones or bricks to prevent a cave-in.
July 6, 2009