dragline
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- noun
- /ˈdræɡˌlaɪn/
- Specialized
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dragline
- The dragline operator piles oil sand in windrows along the sides of the mine pit.
- dragline operator
- walking draglines
Examples
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As it turned out, the foursome included Craig, his brother Tom, Billy Sprague, and Winston Park, former dragline operator.
Fiction book (2001) -
So here are massive dragline operators mining coal in the Powder River Basin in Wyoming.
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The walking draglines are equipped with 90-cubic-yard buckets on 360-foot booms.
Academic text (1998) -
The man in the gimmee cap knew none of this; however, he was from West Virginia, a man who had come to golf late, after a career in dragline operation and maintenance had finally provided him with the wherewithal to retire and pursue more leisurely interests.
Fiction book (2001) -
I was a "choke setter." I fastened the steel cables to the logs on a dragline, gave a signal to the man operating the dragnet, then quickly ran to a safe place.
Academic text (1992) -
This process was designed to improve reliability and to cost less than the draglines, bucketwheel reclaimers, and conveyors used in the base mine at Mildred Lake.
Academic text (1998) -
The driving of belt-type conveyors, bucket elevators, cantilever draglines, etc. should be stable and operate flexibly.
Blog text (26) -
The construction crew operated a large dragline to excavate the foundation for the new building.
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In the mining operation, the dragline efficiently moved massive amounts of earth to create a flat surface.
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During the project, the dragline's bucket dug deep into the ground to extract valuable minerals.
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Etymology
Dragline is simply drag + line, meaning a 'line' that 'drags'. It names the big digging machine because the machine uses a long cable or 'line' to pull a bucket and move earth.