Beche
a grab for retrieving tools used in drilling a well.
Historical Examples
The beche de mer industry has also been a great help to business people in Cooktown.
Early Days in North Queensland Edward Palmer
Gresley had “Vairy ermine and gules,” and beche “Vairy silver and gules.”
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 Various
The remainder consists of sandal wood, beche la mer, etc. exported principally to China.
Statistical, Historical and Political Description of the Colony of New South Wales and its Dependent Settlements in Van Diemen’s Land William Charles Wentworth
The little estate, in which were the ruins of beche Castle, was ours.
Tennyson and His Friends Various
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