colliery

[kol-yuh-ree]

noun

plural

collieries 

1. a coal mine, including all buildings and equipment.

colliery

/ ˈkɒljərɪ /

noun

1. a coal mine

Word History and Origins

Origin of colliery¹

First recorded in 1625–35; collier + -y ³

Example Sentences

When the shipyards, steel mills and collieries fell silent, they left a generation of men, whose pride and identity had been bound up with the things they made, struggling to adapt.

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An open-air museum in County Durham that features faithful recreations of old homes, shops, farms and a colliery has won the annual award for the UK's museum of the year.

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The 1910 tourist died of complications after he threw himself into the path of a runaway coal wagon at a South Wales colliery as it rattled towards some children playing in its path.

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A colliery spoil tip collapsed, catastrophically engulfing a primary school and surrounding houses on 21 October 1966.

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Mr Hopkins started work at the Merthyr Vale colliery and continued in the industry until 2010 in private mines after privatisation.

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