Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Prov. Eng. Water breaking in upon the miners at their work; -- so called among tin miners.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun UK A
sinkhole ; ashakehole . - noun UK, dialect, dated, mining Water breaking in upon the
miners at their work.
Etymologies
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
Compare German Schwall a sea swell, from schwellen to swell. See English swell.
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word swallet.
Examples
-
A swallet is defined as a place where water disappears underground in a limestone region.
Archive 2008-07-01 AYDIN 2008
-
A swallet is defined as a place where water disappears underground in a limestone region.
Fun (and education) with a book of abstracts AYDIN 2008
hernesheir commented on the word swallet
(n): a karst feature where surface water flows underground. Also swallow hole or ponor; stream or body of water at the point at which it enters a cave or cave system.
"St Cuthbert's Swallet is a swallow hole or ponor, located prominently near Priddy in the area of the Priddy lead mining district. The water sinking in this area flows underground to Wookey Hole Cavern and re-emerges as river Axe. As a result mining activities at the lead mines coused(sic) pollution of the water which was used for the paper mill."
January 15, 2009
qms commented on the word swallet
When gravity’s dictates are followed
The river finds rock that is hollowed.
The miner’s will call it
A damnable swallet,
And live in the fear they’ll be swallowed.
May 5, 2018