Stope

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Stope \Stope\, n. [Cf. {Step}, n. & v. i.] (Mining)
     A horizontal working forming one of a series, the working
     faces of which present the appearance of a flight of steps.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Stope \Stope\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Stoped}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Stoping}.] (Mining)
     (a) To excavate in the form of stopes.
     (b) To fill in with rubbish, as a space from which the ore
         has been worked out.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Stope \Stope\, Stopen \Sto"pen\, p. p. of {Step}.
     Stepped; gone; advanced. [Obs.]
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           A poor widow, somedeal stope in age.     --Chaucer.
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