pit crew

: a hole, shaft, or cavity in the ground

: mine

: a scooped-out place used for burning something (such as charcoal)

: to place, cast, bury, or store in a pit

: to make pits in

: to set (fighting birds, such as gamecocks) into or as if into a pit to fight

: the stone of a drupaceous fruit

: to remove the pit from (a fruit)

: chiefly British past tense of crow

: a band or force of armed men

: a group of people associated together in a common activity or by common traits or interests

: gang

: to act as a member of a crew

: to serve as a crew member on (a ship, an aircraft, etc.)