inbye

English

Alternative forms

• inby

Etymology

From Middle English [Term?], equivalent to in + by.

Adverb

inbye (not comparable)

1. (mining) Pertaining to the direction towards the coal face.
   • 1879, William Bailes, Student's Guide to the Principles of Coal & Metal Mining, page 17:

     An upcast fault is when the seam is thrown up; to counteract this a "canch" of top stone must be taken down outbye over from the fault, and a "canch" of bottom stone taken up inbye over from the fault, then level up to the bottom of your "canch" at the foreside of the hitch outbye over until you have a regular gradient to the seam on the hitch.

2. (obsolete) When above ground, pertaining to the direction towards the house.

Related terms

• outbye