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shortwalls

shortwalls is the plural of shortwall.

Meaning of shortwall

Noun

shortwall (plural shortwalls)

  1. (attributive, often) A short wall of coal that is mined in a single slice.
    • In addition to its work on longwall faces, the A.B. Fifteen has been adapted for shortwall work either as undercutter or as overcutter, particular care having been taken to give it increased manoauvrability by the provision of special pulleys, and increased mobility by the addition of a tilting...1960, Colliery Guardian Overseas, page 50

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What is shortwalls the plural of?
Shortwalls is the plural of shortwall.

Words near shortwalls in the dictionary

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  3. shorttracks
  4. Shortts
  5. shortwall
  6. shortwalls
  7. shortward
  8. shortwards
  9. shortwave
  10. shortwaves
  11. shortwinded

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