stope

[stoสŠp]

IPA: /S T OW1 P/

noun
  1. 1

    A mining excavation in the form of a terrace of steps.

verb
  1. 1

    To excavate in the form of stopes.

  2. 2

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

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/stope