stope - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'stope' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Stope

[ p. p.]

- Alt. of Stopen

2 . Stope

[ v. i.]

- A horizontal working forming one of a series, the working faces of which present the appearance of a flight of steps.

3 . Stope

[ v. t.]

- To excavate in the form of stopes.
- To fill in with rubbish, as a space from which the ore has been worked out.

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