pit-heap
noun
A heap of excavated material near the mouth of a mine shaft; (hence) the whole of the surface works of a coal mine.
Origin
Mid 18th century.
- South Sea cloth
- South Sea Company
- South Sea Island
- South Sea Islander
- South-seaman
- South Seas
- South Sea scheme
- South Sea tea
- South Shetland Islands
- South Shields
- south side
- south-south-east
- south-southeasterly
- south-south-eastwards
- south-southerly
- south-south-west
- south-southwesterly
- south-south-westwards
- South Sudan
- South Sudanese
- South Suffolk
- south temperate
- South Triangle
- Southumbrian
- southward