test pile

test pile

[′test ‚pīl] (civil engineering) A pile equipped with a platform on which a load of sand or pig iron is placed in order to determine the load a pile can support (usually twice the working load) without settling.

test pile

A pile, 1 used to determine the load that it can support without settling; this determination usually is made by placing heavy weights on a platform mounted on the top of the pile.