cross-course
cross-course noun: a vein or lode that crosses the main lode, sometimes accompanied by a change of course in the main lode.
Noun
cross-course (plural cross-courses)
- A vein or lode that crosses the main lode, sometimes accompanied by a change of course in the main lode.
- Williams's lode heaves the cross-course 4 feet towards the left-hand; the cross-course then intersects Trathan's lode, and at some levels heaves it towards the right-hand; and lastly, it heaves the Black lode 11 feet towards the left-hand.1843, The Philosophical Magazine
- In this end the main part of the lode is probably missed, but the branch on which it is driving has a rather silver character; and as the cross-course is approached, it is not improbably that the silver may be met with here.1862, The Mining and Smelting Magazine - Volume 2, page 80
Forms of cross-course
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Questions about cross-course
- What does cross-course mean?
- Cross-course means a vein or lode that crosses the main lode, sometimes accompanied by a change of course in the main lode.
- What part of speech is cross-course?
- Cross-course is a noun.
- What is the plural of cross-course?
- The plural of cross-course is cross-courses.
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