colliery
nounUK /ˈkɒl.jə.ɹi/ · US /ˈkɑl.jɚ.ɪ/
Etymology From collier + -y.
1
UK An underground coal mine, together with its surface buildings.
- From the hillock a score of red paths diverged as black ones do from a colliery, one of them leading to the homestead itself […]1938, Xavier Herbert, “Chapter VII”, in Capricornia, page 91:
2
US A facility that supplies coal.
- Derived terms
- Blackhall Colliery, Boldon Colliery, Colliery Row, Cornsay Colliery, Easington Colliery, Shotton Colliery