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pitwork en · NOUN

Etymology

From pit + -work.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) Pumping machinery used in a mine.
    • […] and the remarks attached to each in Lean's report, show the necessity of adverting to the different conditions of the pitwork, in an attempt to estimate with accuracy the relative merit of different engines […] 1842, British Association for the Advancement of Science, Report of the Annual Meeting, page 103: