quarry

IPA: kwˈɔri

(mining) A site for mining stone, limestone, or slate.
(uncountable, obsolete) A part of the entrails of a hunted animal, given to the hounds as a reward.
(uncountable) An animal, often a bird or mammal, which is hunted.
(countable) An object of search or pursuit.
A diamond-shaped tile or pane, often of glass or stone.

(transitive) To obtain (or mine) stone by extraction from a quarry.
(figuratively, transitive) To extract or slowly obtain by long, tedious searching.
To secure prey; to prey, as a vulture or harpy.

Examples of "quarry" in Sentences

The quarry was near the town of Coleford.
In the centre of the town, there lies the quarry.
They find the pendant at the bottom of the quarry.
Hunting, no matter the quarry is what you make it.
On the hill still stands the ruins of the old quarry.
A crosscut is located at Muruvik, close to the quarry.
When I go hunting, harvesting my quarry is just a bonus.
One of these niches is in the vicinity of the old quarry.
In 1900, the quarry was the site of the Sibley Quarry Explosion.
The natural pores of the quarry are great for absorbing moisture.
The station is located on the edge of the town, beside the quarry.
Sparrows were my main quarry at the farm with a single shot Savage .22/.410.
You mention you intend to start hunting, but you didn't say whether your quarry is small game or medium game.
IMHO, anyone who cannot get within 300 yds. of their chosen quarry is not a hunter, he is an optimistic artilaryman!
The base of the quarry is the only flat part of the site and this is used for car access and the entrance to the house.
Their quarry is a U.N. aide worker named Marion Dupuis who has suddenly disappeared from her assignment in war-torn Africa.
In the afternoon switch your stand to the other side of the valley so that you are covered once again by shadows and darkness and your quarry is in the light with the sun in their eyes.