borrow pit
noun1
Business, Civil engineering, Construction, Engineering, Manufacturing, Natural sciences, Physical sciences A pit that is dug to extract material (such as soil, gravel, or sand) for use at another location.
- No borrow pit excavation was necessary, and 41,000 cu. yd. were removed from cuttings by excavating machines.1944 November and December, “Increasing G.W.R. Line Capacity”, in Railway Magazine, page 367:
- Material for the embankments—about 300,000 cu. yd. of it—has been obtained from a borrow pit alongside the Nottingham-Grantham road.1960 May 23, “Colliery Branch Construction in Nottinghamshire”, in Railway Magazine, page 353: