stope

See also: stopę, and støpe

English

Etymology

Apparently related to step, but with uncertain phonological development. Perhaps from a German Low German word like Stoop (“step”), from Middle Low German stōpe (“step”). More at stoop.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [stoʊp]

Noun

stope (plural stopes)

1. A mining excavation in the form of a terrace of steps.
   • 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage 2007, page 318,

     The other smell […] that worked its way into your clothes, your skin, your spirit, believed here to rise by way of long-deserted drifts and stopes, from the everyday atmosphere of Hell itself.

Derived terms

Derived terms

• stope assay plan
• stope board
• stope fillings

• stope hoist
• stope pillar

Verb

1. (mining) To excavate in the form of stopes.
2. (mining) To fill in with rubbish, as a space from which the ore has been worked out.

Anagrams

• ETOPS, Poets, Potes, T pose, T-pose, Topes, e-stop, estop, pesto, poets, poset, potes, septo-, stoep, topes

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Friulian

Etymology

From Latin stuppa, from Ancient Greek στύππη (stúppē).

Noun

stope f (plural stope)

1. tow
2. oakum

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

stope

1. past participle of stupa