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Definition of Pitprop
1. Noun. A wooden prop used to support the roof of a mine.
Definition of Pitprop
1. a timber support in a coalmine [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pitprop
Literary usage of Pitprop
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. English Estate Forestry by Arthur C Forbes (1904)
"... woods large quantities of chestnut are worked into barrel hoops, and in pit-wood
districts under-wood is largely used for the smaller class of pitprop. ..."
2. Women and War Work by Helen Fraser (1918)
"... etc., as Controller for Wales, and they made various appeals, registered women
for the land, munitions, WAAC and for wood cutting and pitprop making. ..."
3. Manuals of Emergency Legislation: War Material Supplies Manual by Great Britain, Charles Archer Cook (1918)
"The expression " timber " in paragraphs 10 and 11 in- chides all trees of pitprop
size and over, other than Orchard trees. 18. Where a permit is granted for ..."
4. Forestry; a journal of forest and estate management by Francis George Heath, 1843-1913 ed (1881)
"THE pitprop TRADE. THE Tyne correspondent of the Timber Trades Journal reports
the arrival of considerable quantities of ..."
5. English Estate Forestry by Arthur C Forbes (1904)
"... woods large quantities of chestnut are worked into barrel hoops, and in pit-wood
districts under-wood is largely used for the smaller class of pitprop. ..."
6. Women and War Work by Helen Fraser (1918)
"... etc., as Controller for Wales, and they made various appeals, registered women
for the land, munitions, WAAC and for wood cutting and pitprop making. ..."
7. Manuals of Emergency Legislation: War Material Supplies Manual by Great Britain, Charles Archer Cook (1918)
"The expression " timber " in paragraphs 10 and 11 in- chides all trees of pitprop
size and over, other than Orchard trees. 18. Where a permit is granted for ..."
8. Forestry; a journal of forest and estate management by Francis George Heath, 1843-1913 ed (1881)
"THE pitprop TRADE. THE Tyne correspondent of the Timber Trades Journal reports
the arrival of considerable quantities of ..."
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