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
In this case the winzes would have been full of water, like the great shaft, up to the level of the adit, which would run off the surplus to the beach.
From The Vicar's People by George Manville Fenn
