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windbores

windbores is the plural of windbore.

Meaning of windbore

Noun

windbore (plural windbores)

  1. The lower, or bottom, pipe in a lift of pumps in a mine.
    • A large stone, 18 inches thick, is bedded at the bottom of the shaft, for the windbore of the bucket pump to rest upon. The remainder of the shaft bottom is filled in with hard burnt bricks and Barrow lime, forming a level bottom […]1864, Newton's London Journal of Arts and Sciences, volume 20, page 101

Questions about windbores

What is windbores the plural of?
Windbores is the plural of windbore.

Words near windbores in the dictionary

  1. windblockers
  2. windblown
  3. windboard
  4. windboards
  5. windbore
  6. windbores
  7. windborne
  8. windbound
  9. windbox
  10. windboxes
  11. windbracing

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