Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A manhole.
- noun In coal-mining: A small passageway used by the miners, but not for transportation of the coal.
- noun The passage used as an airway or chute.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A small passageway, as in a mine, that a man may pass through.
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- noun A
hole orduct by which ahuman being may access a utility area formaintenance purposes.
Etymologies
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Examples
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They found the manway ladder and began to climb, Fenrir and Sigyn impatiently crowding their heels.
Space Prison Tom Godwin 1947
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The "entrance" to the old Hyatt Ridge Trail manway in the gap between Mount
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The complete package includes: a manway collar for attaching to the tank's manway flange, 2 - 6 "high manway rings, 2-12" manway rings, a safety screen, and a lid with latches.
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Each kit comes complete with enough component pieces to assemble a manway riser from 6 "to 36" high in just a few minutes.
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During routine switching operations, a small quantity of the flammable and mutagenic substance was seen to spill from the manway atop the cylindrical railcar.
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During routine switching operations, a small quantity of the flammable and mutagenic substance was seen to spill from the manway atop the cylindrical railcar.
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During routine switching operations, a small quantity of the flammable and mutagenic substance was seen to spill from the manway atop the cylindrical railcar.
qms commented on the word manway
I’d rather be elsewhere than stay
In caverns where nightmares can prey.
It’s foolish, not brave
To enter a cave
Unless you’ve been shown a manway.
July 15, 2018