Ad"it (?), n. [L. aditus, fr.
adire, ?aitum, to go to; ad + ire to go.]
1. An entrance or passage. Specifically: The nearly
horizontal opening by which a mine is entered, or by which water and ores
are carried away; -- called also drift and tunnel.
2. Admission; approach; access. [R.]
Yourself and yours shall have
Free adit.
Tennyson.