buddle

[ buhd-l, bood-l ]

noun

1. a shallow trough in which metalliferous ore is separated from gangue by means of running water.

verb (used with object)

, bud·dled, bud·dling.

1. to wash (ore) in a buddle.

buddle

/ ˈbʌdəl /

noun

1. a sloping trough in which ore is washed

verb

1. tr to wash (ore) in a buddle

Other Words From

• buddler noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of buddle¹

First recorded in 1525–35; of uncertain origin

Word History and Origins

Origin of buddle¹

C16: of unknown origin

Example Sentences

In other situations, this washing is executed more economically by a machine called a buddle or dolly-tub by our miners.

From Project Gutenberg

There is a shaft in the Newcastle district, where 70 fathoms have been executed in this way, under the direction of Mr. Buddle.

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The lamp of Davy was instantly tried and approved of by Mr. Buddle and the principal mining engineers of the Newcastle district.

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Bats came out and flitted about the old houses by the Buddle river, and the night became the natural haunt of restless spirits.

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When about eight years old he was put to manual labour, earning three-halfpence a day as a buddle-boy at a tin mine.

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