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Definition of Chalkpit
1. Noun. A quarry for chalk.
Definition of Chalkpit
1. Noun. a quarry where chalk is found. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Chalkpit
1. a quarry of chalk [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Chalkpit
Literary usage of Chalkpit
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Geological, Historical, and Topographical Description of the Borough of by Robert Phillips Anderson (1885)
"The same man (corroborated afterwards by a man who works in the chalkpit above
Godstone quarry) assured me that the existing road up the opposite slope of ..."
2. Flora Hertfordiensis by Robert Holden Webb, William Higgins Coleman (1849)
"chalkpit behind the Hertford Union Workhouse. ... chalkpit E. of Hatfield Park;
and elsewhere not uncommon, and increasing in frequency ..."
3. The Archaeological Journal by British Archaeological Association (1920)
"... Pyt: ' To the chalkpit.' Possibly the name of the little copse above-mentioned
is reminiscent of this old chalkpit. 13. ..."
4. Journal of Botany, British and Foreign (1895)
"Mr. Mathew" [Mr. William Matthew] in an old chalkpit near Bury (Suffolk), and by Mr.
H. Rose and JE Smith in a chalkpit near Norwich.—EB 63, 85. ..."
5. Transactions of the Sanitary Institute of Great Britain by Sanitary Institute of Great Britain (1887)
"One day when working on the Geological Survey in Western Norfolk, I had occasion
to look at a certain chalkpit within two miles of this little town, ..."
6. The Phytologist: A Botanical Journal edited by Alexander Irvine (1861)
"Orchis ustulata : nor could I ever find this in Harefield chalkpit : hath been
sent to us from Kent, from near Bath, and from Lincolnshire, ..."
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