Usually means: Structure supporting machinery over mineshafts.
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  1. headframe: Merriam-Webster
  2. headframe: Collins English Dictionary
  3. headframe: Wiktionary
  4. headframe: Infoplease Dictionary
  5. headframe: Dictionary.com
  6. Headframe: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

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  1. headframe: Encyclopedia

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  1. headframe: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (headframe)

▸ noun:  (mining) the structure supporting machinery above the entrance to an underground mineshaft.

Similar:
hoist frame, headhouse, shafthead frame, pit frame, gallows frame, pithead, air-head, bank, horsehead, heading, more...

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hoist frame, headhouse, shafthead frame, pit frame, gallows frame, pithead, air-head, bank, horsehead, heading, more...



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