shaft house
noun
a structure housing machinery and other equipment at the top of a mine shaft.
Origin of shaft house
1First recorded in 1870–75
Words Nearby shaft house
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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 RaineAll across the slab-built shaft-house and the lean-to ore sheds was stretched a huge canvas sign.
Empire Builders | Francis LyndeIn 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 ParrishFarnham is at the shaft-house—no, he and another fellow have just started down the dump, walking this way.
Beth Norvell | Randall ParrishA few men idly came and went about the shaft-house and ore-dump, but otherwise the entire claim appeared deserted.
Beth Norvell | Randall Parrish
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