Bible Dictionaries
Stope

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(v. t.) To excavate in the form of stopes.

(2):

(p. p.) Alt. of Stopen

(3):

(v. t.) To fill in with rubbish, as a space from which the ore has been worked out.

(4):

(v. i.) A horizontal working forming one of a series, the working faces of which present the appearance of a flight of steps.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Stope'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​s/stope.html. 1828.