haulageway

haulageway
\\ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷\ noun
: a passage in a coal mine along which coal is transported : gangway 4

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/haw"lij way'/, n.
a passageway by which coal, ore, etc., is hauled to the surface from an underground mine.
[1905-10; HAULAGE + WAY]

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