DCHP-1 Online
ice-pit Obs. 
n. a cold-storage pit for preserving food, especially meat and fish.
See also: glacier
- 1859 . . . the ice-pit . . . is made by digging a square hole, capable of containing 700 to 800 buffalo carcases.
- 1859 . . . the ice-pit . . . is made by digging a square hole, capable of containing 700 to 800 buffalo carcases.