trémie

trémie [trem-ee; French trey-mee] ExamplesWord Origin noun, plural trém·ies [trem-eez; French trey-mee] /ˈtrɛm iz; French treɪˈmi/.

1. a funnellike device lowered into water to deposit concrete.

Origin of trémie 1900–05; French: hopper Latin trimodia three-peck measure, equivalent to tri- tri- + mod(ius) measure of grain + -ia -ia Examples from the Web for tremie Historical Examples of tremie

The caisson was then filled with concrete through the tremie which was handled by a traveling crane.

Concrete Construction

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British Dictionary definitions for tremie tremie noun

1. civil engineering a large metal hopper and pipe used to distribute freshly mixed concrete over an underwater site. The foot of the pipe is kept below the concrete level, while the upper level of the concrete in the pipe is kept above the water level to prevent the water diluting the concrete

Word Origin for tremie C20: from French, from Italian tramoggia, from Latin trimodia a three-peck measure