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English
Etymology
From 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Act, 1911:One was to a coalcutterman who was caught and mutilated by the coalcutter picks whilst the jib was being withdrawn from under the coal.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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