Smasher
Term · Industrial and trades · MLC-T-IND-005403
A person employed at a mine, in the days of hand labour, to break up waste rock into smaller pieces. The word names the worker and not a machine. The work was done with hammers, and the broken rock was then sorted or dumped, until mechanical crushers took the job over.
| Identifier | MLC-T-IND-005403 |
|---|---|
| Field | Industrial and trades |
| Subject | Mining and extraction |
| Translations | German: Schlagmann; Spanish: machacador; French: casseur |
Record as JSON
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"definition": "A person employed at a mine, in the days of hand labour, to break up waste rock into smaller pieces. The word names the worker and not a machine. The work was done with hammers, and the broken rock was then sorted or dumped, until mechanical crushers took the job over.",
"subject": "Mining and extraction",
"translations": {
"de": "Schlagmann",
"es": "machacador",
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"url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/industrial/smasher/"
}
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