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.
- beat the bushes
- beat the clock
- beat the count
- beat the drum for
- be at the end of
- beat the pants off
- be at the races (or in the race)
- beat the rap
- beat the system
- be at the top of one's game
- Beattie, Ann
- beat time
- Beatty, David
- Beatty, Warren
- beat-up
- beat up on someone
- beau
- Beaubourg Centre
- beaucoup
- beaucoup de
- Beaufort scale
- Beaufort Sea
- beau geste
- beau idéal
- Beaujolais