pithead
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of pithead
Example Sentences
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The iconic image of Shaft XII’s pithead is scattered throughout the city of Essen as an unofficial trademark of the Ruhr region.
From Scientific American ● Jan. 4, 2022
In view of the pithead, rail trucks bulging with the stuff rattle across the Hatfield estate, bound for Drax, Europe’s biggest coal-fired power-station.
From Economist ● Jun. 25, 2015
The blast had brought the whole community to the pithead.
From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2013
The pledge translated into newsreel shots of bricklayers building council houses, pitmen washing in new pithead baths, a doctor taking a child's temperature.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 16, 2013
Still, she crept on south, and at last all of them were sincerely glad when the pithead gear of the Dunsmore mines rose up against the forests of Vancouver Island over the starboard hand.
From Thrice Armed by Bindloss, Harold
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