winze

1

or windz

[ winz ]

nounMining.
  1. a vertical or inclined shaft driven downward from a drift into an orebody.

Origin of winze

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1750–60; earlier winds, apparently derivative of wind2 in obsolete noun sense “apparatus for winding”

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Other definitions for winze (2 of 2)

winze2
[ winz ]

nounScot.
  1. a curse.

Origin of winze

2
1775–85; perhaps <Dutch wens wish, wensen to wish; see wish

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British Dictionary definitions for winze

winze

/ (wɪnz) /


noun
  1. mining a steeply inclined shaft, as for ventilation between levels

Origin of winze

1
C18: from earlier winds, probably from C14 wynde windlass, from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German winde; related to Danish vinde pulley

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