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Bord

Term · Industrial and trades · MLC-T-IND-000693

A working passage or roadway driven horizontally into a coal seam, following the direction of the coal's cleavage or 'face.' These excavations are part of the 'bord and pillar' mining method, where coal is extracted from the bords while pillars are left to support the roof. The width of a bord is typically between 3 and 5 meters.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-IND-000693
FieldIndustrial and trades
SubjectMining and extraction
TranslationsGerman: Bord; Spanish: frente; French: bord
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-IND-000693",
  "term": "Bord",
  "field": "Industrial and trades",
  "definition": "A working passage or roadway driven horizontally into a coal seam, following the direction of the coal's cleavage or 'face.' These excavations are part of the 'bord and pillar' mining method, where coal is extracted from the bords while pillars are left to support the roof. The width of a bord is typically between 3 and 5 meters.",
  "subject": "Mining and extraction",
  "translations": {
    "de": "Bord",
    "es": "frente",
    "fr": "bord"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/industrial/bord/"
}

Record 761 of 7,361 in Industrial and trades terminology (MLC-0113). Request the full dataset.