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sub-level

American  
[suhb-lev-uhl] / ˈsʌbˌlɛv əl /

noun

Mining.
  1. a drift, dug through ore, into which overlying material, especially from an upper layer of ore, is caved.


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This sub-level is more than a place; it's a mental state.

From The Guardian Dec. 18, 2012

Superintendent Penton grasped the rope that had been made fast to a shore post on the sub-level and let himself down.

From The Iron Boys in the Mines or, Starting at the Bottom of the Shaft by Mears, James R.

They knew the place as well as though the sub-level had been ablaze with light.

From The Iron Boys in the Mines or, Starting at the Bottom of the Shaft by Mears, James R.

He left the cage at the sub-level just above the last level.

From The Iron Boys in the Mines or, Starting at the Bottom of the Shaft by Mears, James R.

If the latter found it necessary to raise the cage before that he was to ring a certain signal on the gong, each level and sub-level being provided with one.

From The Iron Boys in the Mines or, Starting at the Bottom of the Shaft by Mears, James R.

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