tut-work
noun1
Business, Mining Archaic Work done by the piece, as in non-metalliferous rock, the amount done being usually reckoned by the fathom.
- 1852-1866, Charles Tomlinson, Cyclopaedia of Useful Arts and Manufactures Tut-work is also employed upon the lode itself, though from the advantages generally considered to arise from the tribute system […]
- Related terms
- tutworker, tutworkman