Pitprop

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  pitprop \pit"prop\ n.
     A wooden prop used to support the roof of a mine temporarily.
     [WordNet 1.5]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  pitprop \pit"prop\ n.
     A wooden prop used to support the roof of a mine temporarily.
     [WordNet 1.5] pits

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  pitprop
       n : a wooden prop used to support the roof of a mine [syn: {sprag}]