chalkpit

English

Alternative forms

  • chalk pit

Etymology

From chalk +‎ pit.

Noun

chalkpit (plural chalkpits)

  1. A quarry where chalk is extracted.
    • 1951, John Wyndham, The Day of the Triffids, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, published 1954, page 216:
      I tried the next uphill turning. It took about half an hour to get back to the road again from the chalkpit into which it led us.
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