shaft house

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noun

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

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Origin of shaft house

First recorded in 1870–75

Words nearby shaft house

shaft alley, Shaftesbury, shaft feather, shaft grave, shaft horsepower, shaft house, shafting, shag, shaganappi, shagbark, shaggable

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