stone pit

noun

a less common name for quarry 1

Words nearby stone pit

stone massage, stone mint, stone mountain, stone parsley, stone pine, stone pit, stone plant, stone river, stone roller, stone saw, stone sheep

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Examples from the Web for stone pit

In the night they took Harrison's money and 'tumbled me down a stone-pit.'
Historical Mysteries|Andrew Lang
It was found in the process of enlarging a stone-pit in the parish of Castle Bytham.
Rambles of an Archaeologist Among Old Books and in Old Places|Frederick William Fairholt