Sheet-piling Definition

adjective
Attributive form of sheet piling, noun.
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noun

A type of retaining wall used during construction by driving interlocking sheets of material into the ground.

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The material used to assemble a sheet pile retaining wall.
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Other Word Forms of Sheet-piling

Noun

Singular:
sheet-piling
Plural:
sheet pilings

Sheet-piling Sentence Examples

  • The simplest form of weir is a solid, watertight dam of firm earthwork or rubble stone, faced with stone pitching, with cribs filled with rubble, with fascine mattresses weighted with stone, or with masonry, and protected from undermining by sheet piling or one or more rows of well foundations.

  • This width of flooring was doubled to 223 ft., and along the upstream face a line of sheet piling was driven 16 ft.

  • Usually, sheet piling would be driven down into the ground to protect the site whilst the basement is constructed.

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