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trém⋅ie

[trem-ee; Fr. trey-mee]
–noun, plural trém⋅ies [trem-eez; Fr. trey-mee] .
a funnellike device lowered into water to deposit concrete.

Origin:
1900–05; < F: hopper < L trimodia three-peck measure, equiv. to tri- tri- + mod(ius) measure of grain + -ia -ia
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