forepole

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transitive 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

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noun

: 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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