sandpit

[ sand-pit ]

/ ˈsændˌpɪt /

a deep pit in sandy soil from which sand is excavated.

Origin of sandpit

First recorded in 1520–30; sand + pit¹

The sandpit had then to be passed before the boat could be launched into the more open sea.

The Three Commanders |W.H.G. Kingston
Can't you preach and pray behind the hedges—or in a sandpit—or a coal-hole—first?

The Life of John Ruskin |W. G. Collingwood
In a sandpit on the coast of Bering Island, his condition was hopeless.

Vitus Bering: the Discoverer of Bering Strait |Peter Lauridsen
Bering himself lies dying in a sandpit, with the earth spread over him for warmth.

Canada: the Empire of the North |Agnes C. Laut

He must have found the car in the sandpit and seen my tracks in the wood opposite.

Greenmantle |John Buchan

sandpit

/ (ˈsændˌpɪt) /

a shallow pit or container holding sand for children to play in

a pit from which sand is extracted