barrow pit

barrow pit
Western U.S.
a roadside borrow pit dug for drainage purposes. Also called bar pit, bar ditch.
[appar. in reference to the mound of earth dug from the pit (see BARROW2); vars. with bar perh. from regional pron. of barrow]

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