Adit vs Winze - What's the difference?
adit | winze |
A horizontal or nearly horizontal passage from the surface into a mine as contrasted to a shaft which is a vertical entry passage. An adit may be used for ventilation, haulage, drainage, or other purposes.
* 2006 , Mike Hetman, IronMiners.com [http://www.ironminers.com/ironmines/old-mine-1.htm]:
* 2008 , Iain M. Banks, Matter , page 445:
As nouns the difference between adit and winze
is that adit is a horizontal or nearly horizontal passage from the surface into a mine as contrasted to a shaft which is a vertical entry passage. An adit may be used for ventilation, haulage, drainage, or other purposes while winze is a steep shaft in a mine which joins two levels.adit
English
Noun
(en noun)- The Old Mine is currently entered through an upper adit as the main is no longer accessible.
- The adit sloped downwards into the bowels of some long-fallen building, following a passage that had silted up when the city had first been buried.
