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Noun
borrow pit (plural borrow pits)
- (construction, civil engineering) A pit that is dug to extract material (such as soil, gravel, or sand) for use at another location.
- 1944 November and December, “Increasing G.W.R. Line Capacity”, in Railway Magazine, page 367:
- No borrow pit excavation was necessary, and 41,000 cu. yd. were removed from cuttings by excavating machines.
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