soil nail

English

Noun

soil nail (plural soil nails)

1. One of a number of rods or bars inserted into pre-drilled holes in a steep slope in order to stabilise it.
   • 2021 November 17, Tom Allett, “Delving deep into dive-under's details”, in RAIL, number 944, page 49, photo caption:

     More than 900 eight-to-ten-metre soil nails are set into the walls adjacent to the north end of the dive-under, to secure its steep concrete-sprayed side.

Translations

Translations

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 泥釘／泥钉 (nai⁴ deng¹)