Found 2 items, similar to adit.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: adit adit n : a nearly horizontal passage from the surface into a mine
English → English (gcide) Definition: Adit Adit \Ad"it\, n. [L. aditus, fr. adire, ?aitum, to go to; ad + ire to go.] 1. An entrance or passage. Specifically: The nearly horizontal opening by which a mine is entered, or by which water and ores are carried away; -- called also drift and tunnel. [1913 Webster] 2. Admission; approach; access. [R.] [1913 Webster] Yourself and yours shall have Free adit. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]