forepole
1 of 2transitive verb
variants or less commonly forepale
(ˈ)⸗¦⸗
: to advance (an excavation) in quicksand or caving ground by driving poles, slabs, or sheathing into the ground ahead of the excavating or simultaneously with it
forepole
2 of 2noun
: a piece of lagging, a heavy plank, or a pole, sharpened on one end and used in forepoling
called also lath, spile, spiling
Word History
Etymology
Transitive verb
fore- + pole or pale (verb)
Noun
fore- + pole (noun)
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