pit-prop
1pit prop — ˈpit prop [pit prop pit props] noun a large piece of wood used to support the roof of part of a coal mine from which coal has been removed …
2pit|prop — «PIHT PROP», noun. a beam or other heavy prop used to support the roof of a mine …
3Pit prop — A pit prop or mine prop (British and American usage, respectively) is a length of lumber used to prop up the roofs of tunnels in coal mines. Canada traditionally supplied pit props to the British market. As coal mining declined in importance and… …
4pit prop — noun A wooden beam used as a support within a mine shaft or tunnel. ,1915: Whereas Germany at the outbreak of war was the greatest purchaser of Swedish iron ore, Great Britain was by far the greatest buyer of Swedish wood products. German… …
5pit prop — noun (C) a support for the roof of an underground passage in a coal mine …
6pit — 1. n. & v. n. 1 a a usu. large deep hole in the ground. b a hole made in digging for industrial purposes, esp. for coal (chalk pit; gravel pit). c a covered hole as a trap for esp. wild animals. 2 a an indentation left after smallpox, acne, etc.… …
7prop — 1 verb propped, propping (transitive always + adv/prep) to support something by leaning it against something, or by putting something else under, next to, or behind it: prop sth against/on: He propped his bike against a tree. | prop sth open:… …
8Slave Pit Records — Infobox record label name = Slave Pit Records image bg = parent = founded = founder = distributor = genre = Rock country = USA location = Richmond, VA url = http://www.slavepitinc.comSlave Pit Records or Slave Pit Inc. is the independent record… …
9pitprop — noun a wooden prop used to support the roof of a mine • Syn: ↑sprag • Hypernyms: ↑prop * * * ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun Etymology: pit (I) + prop : a usually wooden upright used as a temporary support for a …
10Freeman Wills Crofts — (June 1, 1879 Dublin April 11, 1957 Worthing) was an Irish English mystery author, one of the Big Four of the Golden Age of Detective Fiction. Birth and education Crofts father had the same name as him, Freeman Wills Crofts, and he was a surgeon… …
