n. The refuse thrown back into the excavation after removing the coal; gob stuff.
n. The process of packing with waste rock; stowing.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. The refuse thrown back into the excavation after removing the coal. It is called also gob stuff.
n. The process of packing with waste rock; stowing.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. In coal-mining, the refuse thrown back into the excavations remaining after the removal of the coal.
Word Usage
"Anyway, may God help us all if there ever was a plague, I haven’t noticed any cessation in gobbing, sneexing and coughing without shielding using hands, ‘kerchief etc."