windbore

Etymology

From wind + bore.

windbore means the lower, or bottom, pipe in a lift of pumps in a mine. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 89 out of 100.

noun

The lower, or bottom, pipe in a lift of pumps in a mine.“A large stone, 18 inches thick, is bedded at the bottom of the shaft, for the windbore of the bucket pump to rest upon. The remainder of the shaft bottom is filled in with hard burnt bricks and Barrow lime, forming a level bottom […]”