stope Meaning, Definition & Usage

Stope noun
Etymology
Cf. Step, n. & v. i.
Definitions
  1. (Mining) A horizontal working forming one of a series, the working faces of which present the appearance of a flight of steps.
Stope transitive verb
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Stoped ; present participle & verbal noun Stoping
Definitions
  1. (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, Sto"pen p. p. of Step (Also<
  • Stope
  • Stopen
)
Definitions
  1. Stepped; gone; advanced. Obs.
    A poor widow, somedeal stope in age. Chaucer.

Webster 1913