inspection pit

British  

noun

1. a hole in the floor of a garage etc from which the underside of a vehicle can be examined and serviced

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Example Sentences

An inspection pit was available in the workshop, from where the tractor could have been examined safely from below, but it was not used at the time.

From BBC

An inspection pit was available in the workshop, from where the tractor could have been examined safely from below, however, it was not used at the time.

From BBC

He said he would make sure there were other people around and show him any problems in the inspection pit.

From BBC

Chris Thomas of MoLA, who led the excavation, said the remains were remarkably well preserved, probably because for centuries they remained under open space as the theatre fell out of use and was redeveloped as housing, becoming back gardens, a pub yard – the entrance was probably where the small Victorian pub, the Horse and Groom, a listed building which will be retained, now stands – and then a garage with an inspection pit which, unknown to its builders, almost laid bare the Tudor foundations.

From The Guardian

Since that time frequent examinations of the inspection pit, which is connected by a pipe to the rubble drains under the floor, have never revealed the slightest leakage.

From Project Gutenberg