stone pit

noun

a less common name for quarry 1

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Examples from the Web for stone pit

Historical Examples

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

stone pit

Examples from the Web for stone pit

Historical Examples

In the night they took Harrison's money and 'tumbled me down a stone-pit.'

It was found in the process of enlarging a stone-pit in the parish of Castle Bytham.