shaft house


noun
  1. a structure housing machinery and other equipment at the top of a mine shaft.

Origin of shaft house

1
First recorded in 1870–75

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How to use shaft house in a sentence

  • From the door of the shaft-house the Cornishmen watched them mount and ride away.

    The Highgrader | William MacLeod Raine
  • All across the slab-built shaft-house and the lean-to ore sheds was stretched a huge canvas sign.

    Empire Builders | Francis Lynde
  • In the magic of a moment a dozen angry men were pouring from the shaft-house, their guns barking viciously between their curses.

    Beth Norvell | Randall Parrish
  • Farnham is at the shaft-house—no, he and another fellow have just started down the dump, walking this way.

    Beth Norvell | Randall Parrish
  • A few men idly came and went about the shaft-house and ore-dump, but otherwise the entire claim appeared deserted.

    Beth Norvell | Randall Parrish