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Miner's roof prop
Answer for the clue "Miner's roof prop ", 5 letters:
sprag
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Word definitions for sprag in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Sprag \Sprag\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Spragged (spr[a^]gd); p. pr. & vb. n. Spragging (-g[i^]ng).] To check the motion of, as a carriage on a steep grade, by putting a sprag between the spokes of the wheel. --R. S. Poole. To prop or sustain with a sprag.
Usage examples of sprag.
I had a look over my shoulder and was preparing to jump when Laurence dropped a sprag and pulled her up all standing.
As I remember, there was a weasel-beaked fellow mighty sprag to beagle out our business.