Winze meaning

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An inclined or vertical shaft or passage between levels in a mine.
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A vertical or steeply inclined mine shaft dug or drilled downward and connecting to a lower shaft.
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A steep shaft in a mine which joins two levels.
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Origin of winze

  • Alteration of obsolete winds probably from wind apparatus for winding
    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
  • Alteration of winds, 1757, plural of wind.
    From Wiktionary

Winze Sentence Examples

  • baulk winze back down the level has a heavy balk of timber across it, suitable for a belay.

  • West passes a winze on the left to reach a collapsed stope.

  • After passing a flooded winze on the left, the adit reaches Williams Shaft which is solidly filled.

  • It is the same one reached by the 48ft winze.

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