Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The head or mouth of a mining-shaft or-pit, or the ground surrounding it.

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Examples

  • Also, all the seven coal-producing units of Coal India stock the mineral at the pit-head, which increases environmental risks.

    Coal India Plans Investment in Railway Lines, Wagons Saurabh Chaturvedi 2011

  • John Young, a pit-head worker, pleaded guilty to assaulting Alexander Storrar by beating him about the head and body with his fists, throwing him on the ground, and also striking him with a pit prop. Fined 1 pound.

    PROPERTY VERSUS PERSON 2010

  • While taking up the issue of allocation of coal block, the Chief Minister said the State should be allowed to set up thermal power plants at the pit-head.

    Prime Minister for J&K as model state, appreciates CM���s leadership qualities 2009

  • The gaunt pit-head gearing evidently had not moved for an age.

    The Shape of Things to Come Herbert George 2006

  • Wood standing there deserted among the trees, and bushes growing up all over the pit-head, and the lines red rusty.

    Lady Chatterley's Lover 2004

  • A group of diggers, gathering round the pit-head, waited for the tug at the rope.

    Australia Felix 2003

  • Before the big equatorial launcher was built, and they started shooting the ice straight into orbit, we had to haul it from the pit-head to the Imbrium Spaceport.

    2061 Odyssey Three Clarke, Arthur C. 1987

  • Again he was waiting in the dark wintry mornings on Mysie, so that she would not be afraid to go to work on the pit-head; ay, and he was happy to take the windward side of her in the storm, and shield her from the winter's blast, tying her little shawl about her ears and making her believe he did not feel the cold at all.

    The Underworld The Story of Robert Sinclair, Miner James C. Welsh

  • "God Almichty!" roared the engineman who saw all from the engine house, as he rushed out of the door, calling to the pit-head workers.

    The Underworld The Story of Robert Sinclair, Miner James C. Welsh

  • So ye mind, Mysie, hoo Tam Graham's lass aye clashed on the rest o 'us on the pit-head?

    The Underworld The Story of Robert Sinclair, Miner James C. Welsh

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