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Definition of Bore-hole
1. Noun. A hole or passage made by a drill; usually made for exploratory purposes.
Category relationships: Excavation, Mining
Generic synonyms: Excavation
Specialized synonyms: Shot Hole
Derivative terms: Bore
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bore-hole
Literary usage of Bore-hole
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Manual of Underground Surveying by Loyal Wingate Trumbull (1910)
"X bore-hole SURVEYS THE exploration of ground by means of the diamond drill has
... To keep the geological record of a bore-hole, the cores are labeled and ..."
2. Report of the Annual Meeting (1894)
"On bore-hole Wells for Town Water-supply. By HENRY DAVEY, M.Inst.CE At the Cardiff
Meeting of this Association the author proposed a new system of bore-hole ..."
3. The Mining Magazine (1857)
"The shear legs or triangles are placed over the bore-hole for the purpose of
supporting the blocks by which the rods are drawn out of or lowered into the ..."
4. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"The length of each rod depends upon the height of tLj tower, derrick, or shears
erected above the bore-hole, which should be an exact multiple of the ..."
5. A Text-book of Coal-mining: For the Use of Colliery Managers and Others by Herbert W. Hughes (1904)
"Another suggestion f is to lower into the bore-hole glass cylinders ... One bore-hole
is usually kept straight ahead for a distance of about 5 or 6 yards, ..."
6. Physics of the Earth's Crust by Osmond Fisher (1889)
"—Deep bore-hole at ... and methods of observation used there— General effects of
convection currents in a bore-hole— ..."
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