gobbing

noun — 2 senses

noun

Business, Mining The refuse thrown back into the excavation after removing the coal; gob stuff.

This objection , however , applies still more to the case of a road which has solid on one side , and gobbing on the other.1850, John Phillips, Report on the Ventilation of Mines and Collieries:

The process of packing with waste rock; stowing.

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