pit-eye en · NOUN
Meanings
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The bottom of a central mineshaft.
The cages came up crammed and crammed again with the men nearest the pit-eye, as they call the place where you can see daylight from the bottom of the main shaft.
1888, Rudyard Kipling, ‘At Twenty-two’, In Black and White, Folio Society, published 2005, page 402:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| pit-eyes | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| pit eye | alternative | lexicographic |