sondage
noun
son·dage
(ˈ)sän¦däzh
plural sondages
-zh(ə̇z)
: a sounding of the earth (as by boring or digging) preliminary to archaeological excavation : a trial excavation
Word History
Etymology
French, literally, sounding, from sonder to sound + -age
- line of pressure
- line of Protection
- line of reasoning
- line of resistance
- line of Saturn
- line of scrimmage
- line of sight
- line of site
- line of success
- line of sun
- line of supply
- line of the Sun
- line of travel
- line of vision
- line of work
- line off
- line officer
- line one's pockets
- line organization
- line out
- line pattern
- line plate
- line printer
- line red
- line rental