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)
- giustamente
- giusto
- give
- give (oneself) up to (something)
- give (someone or something) a clean bill of health
- give (someone or something) a wide berth
- give (someone or something) a/the once-over
- give (someone) a break
- give (someone) a call
- give (someone) a drubbing
- give (someone) a hard time
- give (someone) a piece of one's mind
- give (someone) a ring
- give (someone) a rollicking
- give (someone) a run for his/her/your/their money
- give (someone) a shout
- give (someone) a spanking
- give (someone) a wink
- give (someone) a yell
- give (someone) an eyeful
- give (someone) gyp
- give (someone) hell
- give (someone) holy hell
- give (someone) one's word
- give (someone) pause