quarrying

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. fiil present participle and gerund of quarry
2. isim The extraction of material from a quarry.

   “In 1765 only 80 men were employed, and the annual output of slates did not exceed 1,000 tons, and large-scale quarrying was not begun by Lord Penrhyn until 1782.”

3. isim A small piece of stone chipped off any stone found in a quarry.