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Webster 1913 Edition
adit
ad′it
(ăd′ĭt)
, Noun.
[L.
aditus
, fr. adire
, aditum
, to go to; ad
+ ire
to go.] 1.
An entrance or passage. Specifically: The nearly horizontal opening by which a mine is entered, or by which water and ores are carried away; – called also
drift
and tunnel
. 2.
Admission; approach; access.
[R.]
Yourself and yours shall have
Free
Free
adit
. Tennyson.
Webster 1828 Edition
Adit
ADIT
,Noun.
An entrance or passage; a term in mining, used to denote the opening by which a mine is entered, or by which water and ores are carried away. It is usually made in the side of a hill. The word is sometimes used for aid-shaft, but not with strict propriety.
Definition 2024
adit
adit
English
Noun
adit (plural adits)
- A horizontal or nearly horizontal passage from the surface into a mine, as contrasted with a shaft or vertical entry passage. An adit may be used for ventilation, haulage, drainage, or other purposes.
- 2006, Mike Hetman, IronMiners.com :
- The Old Mine is currently entered through an upper adit as the main is no longer accessible.
- 2008, Iain M. Banks, Matter, page 445:
- The adit sloped downwards into the bowels of some long-fallen building, following a passage that had silted up when the city had first been buried.
- 2006, Mike Hetman, IronMiners.com :
Translations
a horizontal or nearly horizontal passage from the surface into a mine
References
- adit in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913