Usually means: Support beam in mining operations.
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▸ noun:  Alternative form of pit prop [A wooden beam used as a support within a mineshaft or tunnel.]

Similar:
sprag, Prop., propshaft, saw pit, clothes prop, saw-pit, tar pit, trunnel, fire pit, pit-boss, more...

Opposite:
pithead, pitface, pit bottom

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Similar:
sprag, Prop., propshaft, saw pit, clothes prop, saw-pit, tar pit, trunnel, fire pit, pit-boss, more...

Opposite:
pithead, pitface, pit bottom



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