a vertical or steeply inclined mine shaft dug or drilled downward and connecting to a lower shaft
Origin of winze
probably from winds, plural of wind, winder, windlasswinze
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winze
noun
An inclined or vertical shaft or passage between levels in a mine.
Origin of winze
Alteration of obsolete winds probably from wind 2 apparatus for windingTHE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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