0 used to describe a place where minerals, especially coal, are taken from the surface of the ground rather than from passages dug under it, or relating to this way of getting minerals:
open-cut mine/mining
He told me that, last year, the entire length of the road was opened up five times by different utility companies, all by open-cut trenching.
As it can take up to five years for a 100-year-old broad-leaf tree to die, the consequences of open-cut trenching are not immediately obvious.
The greatest threat to mature street trees is open-cut trenching by utility and cabling companies.
The company has found that open-cut trenching is more expensive.
It's in an open-cut with two side platforms, green canopies, and walls of steel and concrete.
In the post-war period, many trains carrying spoil from open-cut lignite mines operated over the line.
However, expansion of the adjacent open-cut brown coal mine led to the closure and removal of the town in the 1980s.
Mining is planned to be conducted by both open-cut and underground methods.
