continuous miner

noun

1. continuous cutter.

Word History and Origins

Origin of continuous miner¹

First recorded in 1955–60

Example Sentences

Dad and Uncle Robert started discussing business and I wandered away, trying to get a better angle on watching the continuous miner and the shuttle go through their choreographed dance of mining coal.

From Literature

Dad positioned me out of the way when a shuttle car darted in, its crablike arms sweeping up the coal thrown out behind the continuous miner.

From Literature

He was repositioning a continuous miner, a machine with a rotating steel drum used to extract coal.

From Seattle Times

He was operating a continuous miner, a machine with a rotating steel drum and conveyor system, to extract coal.

From Seattle Times

A centipede-like piece of equipment called the continuous miner sits silent and still beside them, ready to chew through the coal seam that runs from the mouth of the mine and underground for nearly eight miles.

From BBC