adit

[ad-it] Origin

ad·it

[ad-it]
noun
1.
an entrance or a passage.
2.
Also called entry. Mining. a nearly horizontal passage leading into a mine.
3.
an approach or access.

Origin:
1595–1605; < Latin aditus an approach, equivalent to ad- ad- + -i- (stem of īre to go) + -tus suffix of v. action
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adit (ˈædɪt)
 
n
an almost horizontal shaft into a mine, for access or drainage
 
[C17: from Latin aditus an approach, from adīre, from ad- towards + īre to go]

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adit
"entrance," c.1600, from L. aditus "approach, entrance," from pp. stem of adire "to approach," from ad- "to" + ire "to go," from PIE base *ei- "to go" (see ion).
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adit

a horizontal or near-horizontal passage driven from the Earth's surface into the side of a ridge or mountain for the purpose of working, ventilating, or removing water from a mine.

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