STOPINGS

Noun

stopings

plural of stoping

Anagrams

• postings, sign-post, signpost, stop sign, stopsign

Source: Wiktionary

STOPING

Stop"ing, n. (Mining)

Definition: The act of excavating in the form of stopes.

STOPE

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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