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pit-eye

pit-eye noun: the bottom of a central mineshaft.

Noun

pit-eye (plural pit-eyes)

  1. 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 of pit-eye

pluralpit-eyes
alternative formpit eye

Questions about pit-eye

What does pit-eye mean?
Pit-eye means the bottom of a central mineshaft.
What part of speech is pit-eye?
Pit-eye is a noun.
What is the plural of pit-eye?
The plural of pit-eye is pit-eyes.

Words near pit-eye in the dictionary

  1. pit-a-patting
  2. pit-adder
  3. pit-adders
  4. pit-boss
  5. pit-bosses
  6. pit-eye
  7. pit-eyes
  8. pit-house
  9. Pit-os
  10. pit-pat
  11. pit-stop

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