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pitwork

pitwork noun: pumping machinery used in a mine.

Noun

pitwork (uncountable)

  1. 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

Origin of pitwork

From pit + -work.

Questions about pitwork

What does pitwork mean?
Pitwork means pumping machinery used in a mine.
What part of speech is pitwork?
Pitwork is a noun.

Words near pitwork in the dictionary

  1. pitvipers
  2. pitwall
  3. pitwalls
  4. pitwheel
  5. pitwheels
  6. pitwork
  7. pitwright
  8. pitwrights
  9. PITX
  10. pity
  11. pity fuck

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