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ˈgravel-pit
An excavation from which gravel (or † sand) is or has been obtained.
c1440Promp. Parv. 207/2 Gravel pytte, arenarium. 1611Tourneur Ath. Trag. ii. iv. Wks. 1878 I. 54 Hee's fall'n into the grauell-pit. 1683Lond. Gaz. No. 1786/4 Stolen or Strayed out of the Grounds near Kensington Gravel-pits, a fine shaped brown Mare. 1878Huxley Physiogr. Pref. 7 The gravel pit whence the roads are mended. |