Usually means: Mining method using columns, spaces.
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General (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. room-and-pillar: Merriam-Webster
  2. room-and-pillar: Infoplease Dictionary
  3. room-and-pillar, room and pillar: Dictionary.com
  4. Room and pillar: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  5. room and pillar: Wiktionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. room-and-pillar: Encyclopedia

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Glossary of Coal Mining Terms (No longer online)

Definitions from Wiktionary (room and pillar)

noun:  (mining) A variant of breast stoping in which the mined material is extracted across a horizontal plane, creating horizontal arrays of rooms and pillars.

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