'Colliery' definitions:
Definition of 'colliery'
From: WordNet
noun
A workplace consisting of a coal mine plus all the buildings and equipment connected with it [syn: colliery, pit]
Definition of 'Colliery'
From: GCIDE
- 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]