English Explanatory Dictionary

charpit

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A pit dug for charring wood, for example to make charcoal or to destroy a treestump.
verb
  1. To burn by means of a charpit.

Word forms

charpit charpits charpitting charpitted

Etymology

char + pit

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