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piling rig

piling rig noun: a large crawler track-mounted drill used in foundation projects which require drilling into sandy soil, clay, silty clay, and similar environments. Such rigs are similar in function to oil drilling rigs.

Noun

piling rig (plural piling rigs)

  1. A large crawler track-mounted drill used in foundation projects which require drilling into sandy soil, clay, silty clay, and similar environments. Such rigs are similar in function to oil drilling rigs.
    • Contractor Balfour Beatty is working around the clock to repair the structure, with a piling rig brought from Inverness.2023 May 31, Paul Clifton, “Network News: NR removes unsafe abutment from Nuneham viaduct”, in RAIL, number 984, page 26

Forms of piling rig

pluralpiling rigs

Questions about piling rig

What does piling rig mean?
Piling rig means a large crawler track-mounted drill used in foundation projects which require drilling into sandy soil, clay, silty clay, and similar environments. Such rigs are similar in function to oil drilling rigs.
What part of speech is piling rig?
Piling rig is a noun.
What is the plural of piling rig?
The plural of piling rig is piling rigs.

Words near piling rig in the dictionary

  1. piling
  2. piling in
  3. piling on
  4. piling out
  5. piling Pelion on Ossa
  6. piling rig
  7. piling rigs
  8. piling up
  9. pilings
  10. pilinite
  11. pilins

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