Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Stoping"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Stoping \Stop"ing\, n. (Mining)
The act of excavating in the form of stopes.
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