borrow-pitn.
In civil engineering, an excavation formed by the removal of material to be used in filling or embanking.
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society > occupation and work > workplace > places where raw materials are extracted > [noun] > excavation formed by removal of materials
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1893 R. Kipling in Illustr. London News Christmas No. 2/2 Tiny asses climbing out of the yawning borrow-pit below with sackfuls of stuff.
1907 Notes on Books June 267/2 An easily applied check on borrow-pit measurements.
Derivatives
ˈborrow-hole n.
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society > occupation and work > workplace > places where raw materials are extracted > [noun] > excavation formed by removal of materials
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1901 Practitioner Mar. 258 ‘Borrow-holes’ in railway embankments.
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