An entrance or passage Specifically The nearly horizontal orifice where a mine is entered or by which liquid and ores tend to be overly enthusiastic known as in addition drift and tunnel
- an almost horizontal passageway through the area into a mine
- An entrance or passageway. Especially: The nearly horizontal orifice in which a my own is registered, or in which water and ores tend to be caught up; -- called in addition move and tunnel.
- Admission; approach; accessibility.
In mining law. A lateral entrance or passageway into a mine; the opening by which a mine is registered, or where water and ores are caught up; a horizontal excavation in and along a lode. Electro- Magnetic M. & D. Co. v. Van Auken, 9 Colo. 204, 11 Pac. 80; Gray v. Truby, 6 Colo. 278.
"entrance," c.1600, from Latin aditus "approach, entry, a going to or attracting near," from past participle stem of adire "to approach," from ad- "to" (see ad-) + ire "going," from PIE root *ei- "going" (see ion).
(letter.) An entrance or passageway. Particularly: The nearly horizontal opening wherein a mine is entered, or where liquid and ores tend to be carried away; -- called in addition move and tunnel.
- (n.) Admission; approach; access.