shear-cake

English

Noun

shear-cake (plural shear-cakes)

  1. (mining) A counterweighted refractory slab used as a gate or door to a small furnace or oven.

References
  • United States Bureau of Mines, Dictionary of Mining, Mineral, and Related Terms (1996).
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