Definition of tunnel

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Tunnel (n. .) A level passage driven across the measures, or at right angles to veins which it is desired to reach; -- distinguished from the drift, or gangway, which is led along the vein when reached by the tunnel..

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Tunneling :: Tunneling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tunne.
Tunnel :: Tunnel (n. .) The opening of a chimney for the passage of smoke; a flue; a funnel.
Midfeather :: Midfeather (n.) A support for the center of a tunnel.
Excavation :: Excavation (n.) An uncovered cutting in the earth, in distinction from a covered cutting or tunnel..
Drift :: Drift (n.) A passage driven or cut between shaft and shaft; a driftway; a small subterranean gallery; an adit or tunnel.
Air Shaft :: Air shaft () A passage, usually vertical, for admitting fresh air into a mine or a tunnel..
Tunnel :: Tunnel (n. .) A vessel with a broad mouth at one end, a pipe or tube at the other, for conveying liquor, fluids, etc., into casks, bottles, or other vessels; a funnel..
Tunnel :: Tunnel (v. t.) To make an opening, or a passageway, through or under; as, to tunnel a mountain; to tunnel a river..
Adit :: Adit (n.) 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..
Tunnel :: Tunnel (v. t.) To catch in a tunnel net.
Tun-dish :: Tun-dish (n.) A tunnel.
Drive :: Drive (v. t.) To dig Horizontally; to cut a horizontal gallery or tunnel.
Mine :: Mine (v. i.) To form subterraneous tunnel or hole; to form a burrow or lodge in the earth; as, the mining cony..
Tunnelling :: Tunnelling () of Tunne.
Mine :: Mine (v. i.) A cavity or tunnel made under a fortification or other work, for the purpose of blowing up the superstructure with some explosive agent..
Tunnel :: Tunnel (n. .) A level passage driven across the measures, or at right angles to veins which it is desired to reach; -- distinguished from the drift, or gangway, which is led along the vein when reached by the tunnel..
Tunneled :: Tunneled (imp. & p. p.) of Tunne.
Headlight :: Headlight (n.) A light, with a powerful reflector, placed at the head of a locomotive, or in front of it, to throw light on the track at night, or in going through a dark tunnel..
Tunnel :: Tunnel (n. .) An artificial passage or archway for conducting canals or railroads under elevated ground, for the formation of roads under rivers or canals, and the construction of sewers, drains, and the like..
Tunnel :: Tunnel (v. t.) To form into a tunnel, or funnel, or to form like a tunnel; as, to tunnel fibrous plants into nests..
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