headframe

== English == === Etymology === From head +‎ frame. === Noun === headframe (plural headframes) (mining) the structure supporting machinery above the entrance to an underground mineshaft. CBC: Yellowknife vote saves Robertson Headframe for now ==== Synonyms ==== gallows frame headgear headstock hoist frame pit frame shafthead frame winding tower ==== Translations ==== === See also === hoistroom === References === Jack de la Vergne, Hard Rock Miner's Handbook (2003, McIntosh Engineering, →ISBN Farlex Dictionary “headframe”, in Collins English Dictionary. “headframe”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.