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soil nail

soil nail noun: one of a number of rods or bars inserted into pre-drilled holes in a steep slope in order to stabilise it.

Noun

soil nail (plural soil nails)

  1. One of a number of rods or bars inserted into pre-drilled holes in a steep slope in order to stabilise it.
    • More than 900 eight-to-ten-metre soil nails are set into the walls adjacent to the north end of the dive-under, to secure its steep concrete-sprayed side.2021 November 17, Tom Allett, “Delving deep into dive-under's details”, in RAIL, number 944, page 49, photo caption

Forms of soil nail

pluralsoil nails

Questions about soil nail

What does soil nail mean?
Soil nail means one of a number of rods or bars inserted into pre-drilled holes in a steep slope in order to stabilise it.
What part of speech is soil nail?
Soil nail is a noun.
What is the plural of soil nail?
The plural of soil nail is soil nails.

Words near soil nail in the dictionary

  1. soil mechanics
  2. soil microbiology
  3. soil mineralogy
  4. soil moisture deficit
  5. soil moisture deficits
  6. soil nail
  7. soil nails
  8. soil one's pants
  9. soil oneself
  10. soil physics
  11. soil pipe

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