coal pit

American  

noun

1. a pit where coal is dug.

2. a place where charcoal is made.

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Etymology

Origin of coal pit

before 1050; Middle English colpytte, Old English collpytt

Example Sentences

"We may assume that this ship is Roman, but we are unsure of its exact age," he told Reuters at the dusty site hanging precariously above a vast open coal pit.

From Reuters • Aug. 3, 2023

Turns out, it was a state-of-the-art coal pit when the home was built.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 25, 2020

Deep in an old coal pit in Staffordshire, he recited “Friends, Romans, countrymen…” for his father until the methane in the air made the boy collapse.

From New York Times • Jul. 28, 2020

A dredger sits idle at a coal pit of the Hazelwood coal-fired power plant in Hazelwood, Australia.

From Washington Post • Jul. 12, 2017

In Belgium in the year 1683, four colliers were confined in a coal pit for twenty-four days without anything to eat.

From Fasting Girls Their Physiology and Pathology by Hammond, William Alexander