Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗noun
A mining excavation in the form of a terrace of steps.
verb
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryTo excavate in the form of stopes. · To fill in with rubbish, as a space from which the ore has been worked out.
Apparently related to step, but with uncertain phonological development. Perhaps from a German Low German word like Stoop (“step”), from Middle Low German stōpe (“step”). More at stoop.
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- Derivation mentionstōpegml
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