English Explanatory Dictionary

stockwork

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A system of working in ore, etc., when it lies not in strata or veins, but in solid masses, so as to be worked in chambers or stories.
  2. A metalliferous deposit characterized by the impregnation of the mass of rock with many small veins or nests irregularly grouped, especially common with tin ore.

Word forms

stockwork stockworks

Etymology

German Stockwerk.

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