| n. | 1. | (Mining) A horizontal working forming one of a series, the working faces of which present the appearance of a flight of steps. |
| v. t. | 1. | (Mining) To excavate in the form of stopes.[ imp. & p. p. Stoped ; p. pr. & vb. n. Stoping.] |
| p. p. | 1. | Stepped; gone; advanced.A poor widow, somedeal stope in age. - Chaucer. |