stope [stoʊp]verb 2noun 1forms 3 verb2 •To excavate in the form of stopes. •To fill in with rubbish, as a space from which the ore has been worked out. noun1 •A mining excavation in the form of a terrace of steps.The other smell […] that worked its way into your clothes, your skin, your spirit, believed here to rise by way of long-deserted drifts and stopes, from the everyday atmosphere of Hell itself. — 2006 formsstoped · stoping · stopes
