{ Stope (?), Sto"pen (?) }, p. p. of Step. Stepped; gone; advanced. [Obs.] A poor widow, somedeal stope in age. Chaucer. Stope , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stoped (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Stoping.] (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 (?), n. [Cf. Step, n. & v. i.] (Mining) A horizontal working forming one of a series, the working faces of which present the appearance of a flight of steps.
{ Stope (?), Sto"pen (?) }, p. p. of Step. Stepped; gone; advanced. [Obs.]
A poor widow, somedeal stope in age.
Stope , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stoped (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Stoping.]
(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 (?), n. [Cf. Step, n. & v. i.]
(Mining) A horizontal working forming one of a series, the working faces of which present the appearance of a flight of steps.
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