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STOPE
Etymology
Noun
stope (plural stopes)
A mining excavation in the form of a terrace of steps.
Verb
stope (third-person singular simple present stopes, present participle stoping, simple past and past participle stoped)
(mining) To excavate in the form of stopes.
(mining) To fill in with rubbish, as a space from which the ore has been worked out.
Anagrams
• ETOPS, Poets, Potes, T pose, T-pose, Topes, e-stop, estop, pesto, poets, poset, potes, septo-, stoep, topes
Source: Wiktionary
Stope, n. Etym: [Cf. Step, n. & v. i.] (Mining)
Definition: A horizontal working forming one of a series, the working faces of which present the appearance of a flight of steps.
Stope, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stoped; p. pr. & vb. n. Stoping.] (Mining) (a) To excavate in the form of stopes. (b) To fill in with rubbish, as a space from which the ore has been worked out.
Stope, Sto"pen, p. p. of Step.
Definition: Stepped; gone; advanced. [Obs.] A poor widow, somedeal stope in age. Chaucer.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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