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plural ashpits
A pit for the disposal of ashes. quotations examples
I hid my books in the long grass near the ashpit at the end of the garden where nobody ever came and hurried along the canal bank.
1914 June, James Joyce, “An Encounter”, in Dubliners, London: Grant Richards
(rail transport) a pit between the rails where a steam locomotive can drop its fire at the end of a day's work, before going "on shed". examples