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pitprop

pitprop is the alternative form of pit prop.

Meaning of pit prop

Noun

pit prop (plural pit props)

  1. A wooden beam used as a support within a mineshaft or tunnel.
    • Whereas Germany at the outbreak of war was the greatest purchaser of Swedish iron ore, Great Britain was by far the greatest buyer of Swedish wood products. German submarines, however, have taken deadly toll of Scandinavian ships laden with pit-props bound for England.1915 December 2, D. Thomas Curtin, “Sweden's Rôle in the Great War”, in The World's Work, volume XXXI
    Synonyms:
    mine prop

Forms of pitprop

pluralpitprops

Questions about pitprop

What is pitprop the alternative form of?
Pitprop is the alternative form of pit prop.

Words near pitprop in the dictionary

  1. pitots
  2. pitpan
  3. pitpans
  4. pitpat
  5. pitpit
  6. pitprop
  7. pitprops
  8. pitrakinra
  9. Pitre
  10. Pitres
  11. pitrilysin

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