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ひ押おし坑こう道どう

Meanings

1

drift; driftway

rare term

Mining term for a horizontal or gently inclined passage driven along a coal seam or ore body. Rare; cross-referenced with 沿層坑道.

See also: 沿層坑道

ひ押おし坑こう道どうは石せき炭たん層そうに沿そって掘ほられる。
A drift is excavated along the coal seam.

Kanji

押push, stop, check
坑pit, hole
道road-way, street, district

Related words

沿えん層そう坑こう道どう
Synonymous mining term; 沿層坑道 explicitly means 'entry driven along the seam', while ひ押し坑道 is a rarer synonym.

Built from

押おす+坑こう道どう

Written forms

ひ押おし坑こう道どう
Standard kanji form for this mining term.
ひ押おし坑こう道どう
Variant spelling omitting し; less common.
𨫤ひ押おし坑こう道どう
Rare variant using the character 𨫤 for ひ.

Etymology

Compound of ひ (a mining term for a coal face or working place) + 押し (pushing, driving) + 坑道 (tunnel, gallery). The exact derivation of ひ is uncertain; it may be a specialized mining term.