white damp

noun

a poisonous coal-mine gas composed chiefly of carbon monoxide.

Origin of white damp

First recorded in 1880–85

Words nearby white damp

white corpuscle, white crab, white crappie, white croaker, white currant, white damp, white dwarf, white elephant, white ensign, white false hellebore, white feather

British Dictionary definitions for whitedamp

whitedamp
/ (ˈwaɪtˌdæmp) /

noun

a mixture of poisonous gases, mainly carbon monoxide, occurring in coal mines See also afterdamp