| 释义 |
ˈpug-pile, n. Hydraul. Engin.
[f. pug v.2 (? 4) + pile n.1 3. (But the sense of pug is not clear.)]
One of a series of piles dovetailed into each other.
1882Ogilvie (Annandale), Pug-piles, piles mortised into each other by a dovetail joint. They are also called Dovetailed Piles. 1886in Cassell's Encycl. Dict.
So ˈpug-ˈpile v. trans., to plank or line with pug-piles; hence ˈpug-piling vbl. n.
1805Z. Allnutt Navig. Thames 23 Sills at the bottom of the River to be pug-piled. 1823P. Nicholson Pract. Builder 591 Pug-piling, dove-tailed or pile planking. |