pithead
English edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
pithead (plural pitheads)
- The area around the top of the mineshaft of a coal mine.
- 1962 September, “Remodelling of Basford Hall Yard, Crewe”, in Modern Railways, page 189:
- Since the war there has been a reallocation of output from pitheads in the North Staffordshire coalfield, resulting in a flow of coal northwards; [...].
- A hoverfly of the genus Pipiza.
Alternative forms edit
- (sense 1) pit head
References edit
- “pithead”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.