COLLIERY

colliery, pit

(noun) a workplace consisting of a coal mine plus all the buildings and equipment connected with it

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

colliery (plural collieries)

(British) An underground coal mine, together with its surface buildings.

(US) A facility that supplies coal.

Source: Wiktionary

Col"lier*y, n.; pl. Collieries. Etym: [Cf. Coalery, Collier.]

1. The place where coal is dug; a coal mine, and the buildings, etc., belonging to it.

2. The coal trade. [Obs.] Johnson.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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