noun
- a sloping trough or apparatus used for washing ore to separate valuable minerals from waste material
Usage: mining
Examples
- The miners used a buddle to separate the gold from the sand and gravel.
- Water flowed through the buddle, carrying away the lighter materials.
- The old mining camp still had several wooden buddles near the creek.
- Workers shoveled ore into the buddle for processing.
- The buddle’s sloped design helped gravity separate the heavy minerals.