hanging side

English

Noun

hanging side (plural hanging sides)

  1. (mining) the overhanging side of an inclined or hading vein
    • 1925, Bureau of Mines Information Circular
      These subdrifts are driven the full width of the copper and explore thoroughly the foot and hanging sides of the lode.

References

hanging side in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

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