TUN'NEL-PIT, noun A shaft sunk from the top of the ground to the level of an intended tunnel, for drawing up the earth and stones.
Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary ↗ · public-domain · returned verbatim, no AI
tunnel-pit
Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary
More founding-era words: liberty · virtue · republic · justice · providence · commerce · militia · arms · prudence · establishment · religion · usurpation · tyranny · citizen · unalienable · sovereign