Found 2 items, similar to Collieries.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: colliery colliery n : a workplace consisting of a coal mine plus all the buildings and equipment connected with it [syn: pit]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Collieries Colliery \Col"lier*y\, n.; pl. Collieries. [Cf. Coalery, Collier.] 1. The place where coal is dug; a coal mine, and the buildings, etc., belonging to it. [1913 Webster] 2. The coal trade. [Obs.] --Johnson. [1913 Webster]