sandpit/ˈsænd.pɪt/EtymologyFrom Middle English sandpitte, sandpette, sandpütte, from Old English sandpytt (“sandpit”), equivalent to sand + pit.nounA place or pit from which sand is excavated.A children’s play area consisting of a large container filled with sand.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.”