pits

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Within nine feet of the pits was a rim-rock ledge over which the Indian bullets swept, and here the charge was stopped.

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  1. noun A natural or artificial hole or cavity in the ground.
  2. noun An excavation for the removal of mineral deposits; a mine.
  3. noun The shaft of a mine.

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  • Hard to tell, but they must have been laid out originally with the regularity of cells in a honeycomb As they continued on, the honeycomb pattern became more apparent as the pits were revealed in a less crumbling condition These were dug later," Ham observed Yeah," Monk agreed. —  034 - The Fantastic Island
  • Fire and smoke and stench was in the air; for many engines had been burned or cast into the fire-pits, and many of the slain also, while here and there lay many carcases of the great Southron monsters, half-burned, or broken by stone-cast, or shot through the eyes by the valiant archers of Morthond. —  The Lord of the Rings
  • Most dementia casters in the pits were armed only to keep their creations in line. —  SCOTT McGOUGH
  • So walking through the Park we saw hundreds of people listening at the Gravell-pits, and to and again in the Park to hear the guns. —  The Diary of Samuel Pepys
  • Certainly, getting out the pits was my first realization. —  Roadracingworld.com
 

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