Category:Stope

Stope, n. Etym: [cf. Step, n. & v. i.] (mining)

Defn: a horizontal working forming one of a series, the working faces Of which present the appearance of a flight of steps.

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.

Stope; stopen Stope, sto"pen, p. p. of step.

Defn: stepped; gone; advanced. [obs.] A poor widow, somedeal stope in age. Chaucer.