资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Colliery \Col"lier*y\, n.; pl. {Collieries}. [Cf. {Coalery},
   {Collier}.]
   1. The place where coal is dug; a coal mine, and the
      buildings, etc., belonging to it.

   2. The coal trade. [Obs.] --Johnson.