Costean
Definition & Meaning
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Costean is a noun meaning (mining) A trench in solid rock intersected by pits which reveals mineral veins.
Meaning
(mining) A trench in solid rock intersected by pits which reveals mineral veins.
More Meanings
- (mining) To search for lodes by sinking small pits through the superficial deposits to the solid rock, and then driving from one pit to another across the direction of the vein, so as to cross all the veins between the two pits.
Word Forms
- costeans
- costeaning
- costeaned
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