Definition of "marlpit" [marl•pit]

• A pit where marl has been dug. (noun)

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• "After I had left the meadows, I crossed the corn-fields in the way to our house, and passed close by a deep marlpit."
• "'It was well earned,' said Puck, throwing some leaves into the still water of the marlpit."
• "This is sadder and darker than the Volaterrae end because of an old marlpit full of black water, where weepy, hairy moss hangs round the stumps of the willows and alders."