A place where heaps or piles of something (like ore or refuse) are gathered and stored.
From 'heap' (Old English 'hēap', a pile) plus 'stead' (Old English 'stede', a place or site), combining two Old English elements to mean 'heap-place' or location for piling materials.
Compounds like 'heapstead' are historically important in mining and industrial contexts, where such terms documented specific locations—and 'stead' survives today in 'homestead' and 'farmstead,' reminding us that '-stead' once commonly meant 'place' before it faded from productive use!
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