sandpit

noun /ˈsænd.pɪt/

1. A place or pit from which sand is excavated.

2. A children’s play area consisting of a large container filled with sand.

3. A small-scale illustrative model of the theater of war in the Middle East.

   Originally designed to illustrate Kuwait and the oil pipelines, the 'sandpit', based on maps and photographs to a scale of 1:1,000,000, was extended to include other countries.

Where it comes from

From Middle English sandpitte, sandpette, sandpütte, from Old English sandpytt (“sandpit”), equivalent to sand + pit.

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry sandpit (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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