What does "thurl" mean?
Thurl: (Mining) (a) A short communication between adits in a mine. (b) A long adit in a coalpit.
Additional senses
- 2.To cut through; to pierce. [Obs.] Piers Plowman.
- 3.(Mining) To cut through, as a partition between one working and another.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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