forepaleforepolev.
Mining and Engineering.
transitive. To protect (a work in progress) from falling debris, quicksand, etc. by timbers driven in front.
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1873 Trans. Amer. Inst. Mining Engineers 1871–3 1 352 After driving fifty yards through heavy rock tumbles, where every foot had to be forepaled.
1881 Trans. Amer. Inst. Mining Engineers 1880–1 9 135 Fore-poling, a method of securing drifts in progress through quicksand by driving ahead poles..slabs, etc.
1881 Trans. Amer. Inst. Mining Engineers 1880–1 9 135 Forpale or Forepale.
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v.1873- to hold, keep dern
- to hold, keep in suspense
- to hold, keep tack
- to hold, keep tryst
- to hold, keep war or wars
- to hold, keep ward
- to hold, keep wedlock
- to hold, keep, break covenant
- to hold, keep, owe, swear fay
- to hold, keep, owe, swear one's fay
- to hold, lay in wage
- to hold, pull, shake, take, etc, by the sleeve
- to hold, rarely have, tack with
- to hold, rarely have, tack with to
- to hole below the waterline
- to hole beneath the waterline
- to hole in one
- to hole out
- to hole out in one
- to hole to a house of water
- to hole to the house of water
- to hole up
- to holler uncle
- to home
- to hone in