stope
[stohp]
- any excavation made in a mine, especially from a steeply inclined vein, to remove the ore that has been rendered accessible by the shafts and drifts.
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- to mine or work by stopes.
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Origin of stope
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Examples from the Web for stoped
Historical Examples of stoped
She stoped immediately and turned around and went on down the River.
The StrongholdMiriam Haynie
I Stoped the Canoes and brought in the flesh which was fat and fine.
The Journals of Lewis and ClarkMeriwether Lewis and William Clark
You helped pack the mud to build the butte and stoped out the guest chamber down in hell!
Shadow MountainDane Coolidge
stope
- a steplike excavation made in a mine to extract ore
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- to mine (ore, etc) by cutting stopes
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Word Origin for stope
C18: probably from Low German stope; see stoop ²
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Word Origin and History for stoped
stope
1778, "to cut in stopes" (1747), apparently cognate with step (n.). Related: Stoped.
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