canch

Definitions

An upper or lower portion of stone that is removed to form a gradient between workings.

historical

Examples

“An upcast fault is when the seam is thrown up; to counteract this a "canch" of top stone must be taken down outbye over from the fault, and a "canch" of bottom stone taken up inbye over from the fault, then level up to the bottom of your "canch" at the foreside of the hitch outbye over until you have⟳ a regular gradient to the seam on the hitch.”

“I would like⟳ to know⟳, for example, the length of time taken to cut⟳ the 125 yards of face⟳ with the bar machine, the number⟳ of fillers employed on the same length of face⟳, and what number⟳ of gatewaymen were employed to do the necessary canch work⟳ at the face⟳.”

CEFR level