pit head en · NOUN
Meanings
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(alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of pithead (sense 1).
alt of pithead
The smoke-pall of industrial Lancashire hung over the landscape; perhaps slagscape would be a more fitting term. The general prospect was a succession of chimney-stacks, factories, pit-heads, slagheaps, junctions, sidings and coal wagons.
1949 January and February, F. G. Roe, “I Saw Three Englands–1”, in Railway Magazine, page 11:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| pit heads | Number=Plur | lexicographic |