coalcutter
English
Etymology
coal + cutter
Noun
coalcutter (plural coalcutters)
- A device for cutting coal out of the rock face in a coal mine.
- 1949, Great Britain Ministry of Fuel and Power, Reports of H.M. Inspectors of Mines Under the Coal Mines Act, 1911:
- One was to a coalcutterman who was caught and mutilated by the coalcutter picks whilst the jib was being withdrawn from under the coal.
- 1955, Reports of H.M. Inspectors of Mines Under the Coal Mines Act, page 14:
- The cutting chain of a longwall coalcutter was reversed in an attempt to free the jib which had become fast, and an assistant coalcutterman was caught by the moving picks.
- 1967, B. Boky, Mining, page 73:
- In seams dipping at angles of 15 to 25°, the rope passes behind the coalcutter during flitting, and is fixed to the anchor prop 7 (Fig. 456).
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