streamwork

== English == === Alternative forms === stream-work === Etymology === From stream +‎ work. === Noun === streamwork (plural streamworks) (mining) A place where an alluvial deposit of tin ore is worked. 1884, The Western Antiquary; Or, Devon and Cornwall Note-book: The day is marked by the serio-comic custom of sending a young lad to the highest bound or hillock in the streamwork, and allowing him to sleep there as long as he can—[...] === Anagrams === masterwork, work-master, workmaster, workstream