inspection pit
Britishnoun
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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 ● Feb. 17, 2023
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 ● Feb. 15, 2023
He said he would make sure there were other people around and show him any problems in the inspection pit.
From BBC ● Dec. 13, 2016
A very handsome car stood over the inspection pit, and at one end of the building was a great stack of petrol tins.
From With Haig on the Somme by Archibald Webb
In order to facilitate the detection of any seepage, they were conducted to a permanent inspection pit outside of the reservoir.
From ASCE 1193: The Water-Works and Sewerage of Monterrey, N. L., Mexico The 4th article from the June, 1911, Volume LXXII, Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers. Paper No. 1193, Feb. 1, 1911. by George Robert Graham Conway
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