screw pile

noun

a pile that is used for the foundations of bridges, lighthouses, etc., and has a screwlike lower end for drilling through and taking firm hold in compacted material.

Origin of screw pile

First recorded in 1830–40

OTHER WORDS FROM screw pile

screw piling, noun

Words nearby screw pile

screw hook, screw jack, screw loose, screw nail, screw nut, screw pile, screw pine, screw plate, screw press, screw propeller, screw someone out of

Example sentences from the Web for screw pile

  • One of these inventions is the iron-pile or screw-pile lighthouse, and the other is the iron cylinder lighthouse.

    Boys' Second Book of Inventions |Ray Stannard Baker

British Dictionary definitions for screw pile

screw pile

noun

a pile with a threaded tip that is screwed into the ground by a winch or capstan