inspection pit

noun

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

Example Sentences

In order to facilitate the detection of any seepage, they were conducted to a permanent inspection pit outside of the reservoir.

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The engineer went over the big, clean, lusterless mechanism before it left the inspection-pit at the roundhouse.

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A very handsome car stood over the inspection pit, and at one end of the building was a great stack of petrol tins.

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