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Overshot

Term · Industrial and trades · MLC-T-IND-004091

A tool used in drilling operations to retrieve lost or broken equipment from a borehole. It consists of a body, a grapple, and a slip mechanism that latches onto the fish (the lost item) when lowered over it. The overshot is then pulled upwards to recover the equipment to the surface.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-IND-004091
FieldIndustrial and trades
SubjectManufacturing
TranslationsGerman: Übershot; Spanish: overshot; French: overshot
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-IND-004091",
  "term": "Overshot",
  "field": "Industrial and trades",
  "definition": "A tool used in drilling operations to retrieve lost or broken equipment from a borehole. It consists of a body, a grapple, and a slip mechanism that latches onto the fish (the lost item) when lowered over it. The overshot is then pulled upwards to recover the equipment to the surface.",
  "subject": "Manufacturing",
  "translations": {
    "de": "Übershot",
    "es": "overshot",
    "fr": "overshot"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/industrial/overshot/"
}

Record 4,486 of 7,361 in Industrial and trades terminology (MLC-0113). Request the full dataset.