Definitions for "Main entry"
A main haulage road. Where the coal has cleats, main entries are driven at right angles to the face cleats.
The basic catalog entry for a document, usually the author entry, giving all the information necessary for the complete identification of the item.
A library term referring to the complete catalogue record of an item, presented in the form by which the item is to be identified in any other references. It is the main or central identification.