Meaning of ashpit | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A pit for the disposal of ashes.
2. 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".

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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.”

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