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Definition of Draglines
1. dragline [n] - See also: dragline
Lexicographical Neighbors of Draglines
Literary usage of Draglines
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Earthwork and Its Cost: A Handbook of Earth Excavation by Halbert Powers Gillette (1920)
"... and that 0.9 Ib. of coal is required for the same purpose. levee Construction
in Texas with draglines. In Engineering and Contracting, July 17, 1918, ..."
2. Bulletin by Institution of Mining and Metallurgy (1904)
"draglines therefore are being used to an ever- increasing extent on sites where
the restoration of the worked-out areas to agriculture forms part of the ..."
3. Technical Reports by Miami Conservancy District (Ohio) (1921)
"The transportation problem, then, was to so organize that the draglines would be
... At Englewood, where there were two draglines in the borrow pit with a ..."
4. The Spider Book: A Manual for the Study of the Spiders and Their Near by John Henry Comstock (1912)
"draglines are the most commonly observed threads of spiders; it is by them that
spiders drop from an elevated position to a lower one; it is of them that ..."
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