adit
Example Sentences
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"As soon as you go in through that adit, you could literally be back in the 1800s," he said.
From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2021
Once the tunnel was in use, the adit served as a ventilation shaft.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 30, 2021
Lina points to a low tunnel leading off the main passage, an access adit perhaps two feet high.
From The New Yorker ● May 23, 2019
The solar panels are intended for just the adit of the shaft, Bierman said.
From Washington Times ● Jan. 4, 2016
The height of the adit permitted of their walking almost upright, but the irregularity of the cuttings rendered it necessary that they should advance carefully, with special regard to their heads.
From Deep Down, a Tale of the Cornish Mines by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne
