trémie
a funnellike device lowered into water to deposit concrete.
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The caisson was then filled with concrete through the tremie which was handled by a traveling crane.
Concrete Construction | Halbert P. Gillette
British Dictionary definitions for tremie
/ (ˈtrɛmɪ) /
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
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