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Entry 3 senses · 3 variants Webster, 1913

Stope

· IPA /[stoʊp]/
01 n. A horizontal working forming one of a series, the working faces of which present the appearance of a flight of steps.
  1. 1.
    A horizontal working forming one of a series, the working faces of which present the appearance of a flight of steps.(Mining)
02 v. t. To excavate in the form of stopes.
imp. & p. p. Stoped; p. pr. & vb. n. Stoping
  1. 1.
    To excavate in the form of stopes.(Mining)
03 p. p. Stepped; gone; advanced.
  1. 1.
    Stepped; gone; advanced.[Obs.]
    “A poor widow, somedeal stope in age.” — Chaucer.