the stem of the vb. in comb., as snore-hole, -piece (see quots.).
1860. Eng. & For. Mining Gloss. (ed. 2), 63. *Snore-holes, the holes in the windbore to admit the water.
1862. Smiles, Engineers, III. 45. The pumps frequently got choked by the sand drawn in at the bottom of the well through the snore-holes, or apertures through which the water to be raised is admitted.
1883. Gresley, Gloss. Coal-mining, 229.
1867. W. W. Smyth, Coal & Coal-mining, 180. The lowermost portion [of the pump] is the so-called wind-bore, or *snore-piece, where the holes in the bottom … are of such size as to prevent the entry of chips or stones.
1883. Gresley, Gloss. Coal-mining, 229. Snorepiece. The lowest end of a pump sett through which the water passes.
