forefield Mining.
(ˈfɔəfiːld)
Also 7–8 forfield.
[f. fore- prefix + field n.]
(See quots.)
| 1681 Houghton Compl. Miner (E.D.S.), Forfield, the furthest place that a man has wrought in his ground, or the end of a meer above-ground. 1755 Phil. Trans. XLIX. 401 There was a miner working at the forfield, or east end of the vein. 1881 Raymond Mining Gloss., Forefield, the face of the workings. The forefield-end is the end of the workings farthest advanced. |