Definition of "gravel-pit" [gravel-pit]

• A pit from which gravel is dug. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "Once used for industrial gravel-pit operations, the marshlands and swamps were created in the 1960s in a remote corner of Northern Virginia."
• "Especially the dead-end bit to the north that's actually a precipice into a gravel-pit. * rolls eyes*"
• "Far in the shadows semi-opaque screens of blue haze made mysteries of the commonest gravel-pit, dingle, or recess."