goyau

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French

A birds-eye view of a mineshaft. The goyou would be one of the four compartments surrounding the service cage.

Pronunciation

Noun

goyau m (plural goyaux)

  1. an enclosed compartment of a mineshaft used to remove contaminated air from the mine, sometimes containing plumbing or an escape ladder; upcast shaft
    • 1888, Alfred Evrard, Traité practique de l'exploitation des mines: lec̜ons professées a l'Institut industriel du nord de la France, page 418:
      Dans le puits en foncage, on peut généralement descendre à plus de 150 mètres sans être obligé de placer des tuyaux ou un goyau pour débarrasser le fond du puits de la fumée des coups de mine.
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    • 1899, Félix Colomer, Exploitation de mines, page 10:
      Goyau. - Compartiment du puits d’extraction òu s’effectue le retour de l’air qui a circulé dans les travaux miniers.
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Alternative forms

  • goyot (found in Émile Zola, Germinal)

Further reading

  • Alfred Evrard, Traité practique de l'exploitation des mines: lec̜ons professées a l'Institut industriel du nord de la France, 1888, p 166, 418
  • Félix Colomer, Exploitation de mines, 1899, pg 10, 199, 200
  • “goyau”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.
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