Brow
Term · Industrial and trades · MLC-T-IND-000788
An underground roadway in a coal mine that leads to a working place, driven either up or down the slope, and in some usage a gallery running across the face of the coal. As pit brow, the word also names the top of a shaft, where the cage reaches the surface.
| Identifier | MLC-T-IND-000788 |
|---|---|
| Field | Industrial and trades |
| Subject | Mining and extraction |
| Synonyms | forehead |
| See also | Browman; Eyebrow |
| Translations | German: Streb; Spanish: galería; French: galerie de front |
Record as JSON
{
"id": "MLC-T-IND-000788",
"term": "Brow",
"field": "Industrial and trades",
"definition": "An underground roadway in a coal mine that leads to a working place, driven either up or down the slope, and in some usage a gallery running across the face of the coal. As pit brow, the word also names the top of a shaft, where the cage reaches the surface.",
"synonyms": [
"forehead"
],
"subject": "Mining and extraction",
"see_also": [
"browman",
"eyebrow"
],
"translations": {
"de": "Streb",
"es": "galería",
"fr": "galerie de front"
},
"url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/industrial/brow/"
}
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