trémie

[ trem-ee; French trey-mee ]

noun,plural trém·ies [trem-eez; French trey-mee]. /ˈtrɛm iz; French treɪˈmi/.
  1. a funnellike device lowered into water to deposit concrete.

Origin of trémie

1
1900–05; <French: hopper <Latin trimodia three-peck measure, equivalent to tri-tri- + mod(ius) measure of grain + -ia-ia

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British Dictionary definitions for tremie

tremie

/ (ˈtrɛmɪ) /


noun
  1. civil engineering a large metal hopper and pipe used to distribute freshly mixed concrete over an underwater site. The foot of the pipe is kept below the concrete level, while the upper level of the concrete in the pipe is kept above the water level to prevent the water diluting the concrete

Origin of tremie

1
C20: from French, from Italian tramoggia, from Latin trimodia a three-peck measure

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