gunnie
English
Noun
gunnie
- (mining) The space left by the removal of ore.
- 1911, Mining Journal (volume 94, page 811)
- If there are no “deads” brought by hand the filling does not shrink from the back of the gunnie, but deads soon settle and lose a tenth of the height.
- 1911, Mining Journal (volume 94, page 811)
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for gunnie in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)
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