charpit

English

Etymology

char +‎ pit

Noun

charpit (plural charpits)

1. A pit dug for charring wood, for example to make charcoal or to destroy a treestump.

Verb

charpit (third-person singular simple present charpits, present participle charpitting, simple past and past participle charpitted)

1. (transitive) To burn by means of a charpit.