hanging side
English
Noun
hanging side (plural hanging sides)
- (mining) the overhanging side of an inclined or hading vein
- 1925, Bureau of Mines Information Circular
- These subdrifts are driven the full width of the copper and explore thoroughly the foot and hanging sides of the lode.
- 1925, Bureau of Mines Information Circular
References
hanging side in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.