The Collaborative International Dictionary
Tut-work
Tut-work \Tut"-work`\, n. (Mining)
Work done by the piece, as in nonmetaliferous rock, the
amount done being usually reckoned by the fathom.
--Tomlinson.
Wiktionary
tut-work
n. (context mining archaic English) Work done by the piece, as in non-metalliferous rock, the amount done being usually reckoned by the fathom.