"room and pillar" meaning in All languages combined

See room and pillar on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

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  1. (mining) A variant of breast stoping in which the mined material is extracted across a horizontal plane, creating horizontal arrays of rooms and pillars. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Mining Synonyms: pillar and stall

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