SHORTWALL


Meaning of SHORTWALL in English

/shawrt"wawl'/ , adj. Mining.

pertaining to a means of extracting coal when the working face is about a third the length of the longwall system and mining is done by a continuous cutter rather than by longwall machinery.

[ 1910-15; SHORT + WALL ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .