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bunton

[buhn-tn]

bun·ton

[buhn-tn]
noun Mining.
one of a number of struts reinforcing the walls of a shaft and dividing it into vertical compartments.
Also called divider.


Origin:
1625–35; earlier bunting squared timber, of obscure origin
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Bunton is always a great word to know.
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an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
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