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Definition of "dragline" []

  • A line used for dragging. (noun)
  • A kind of dredging machine. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "dragline" in a sentence
  • "Hwange Colliery has three operational mines namely JKL Opencast (widely known as the dragline pit), Chaba Opencast and 3 Main underground Mine."
  • "A dragline is a twenty-story-tall machine which has a giant bucket and a large boom with a bucket on the end."
  • "During its lifetime a spider creates different kinds of silk fibers; the strongest and most flexible is known as dragline silk and is used by the spider as a lifeline whenever it falls from high altitudes."
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