A pit containing lime in which hides were placed to remove hair and fur.
〈史〉（兽皮脱毛用）石灰池
Example sentencesExamples
He is discovered alive in a limepit at an Austrian concentration camp, by the American forces at the end of the Nazi holocaust.
Mandela, 83, beat tuberculosis while in jail and takes daily medication for damage caused to his eyes during years in the limepit of the Robben Island prison off Cape Town.