sand pile

a base for a footing in soft soil, made by compacting sand in a cavity left by a wooden pile.

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Question 1 of 7

What does “clement” mean?

First recorded in 1900–05

A 'flower in the crannied wall' in that 'pure water' sand-pile in New Mexico.
Vanguards of the Plains|Margaret McCarter
And from front-yard, back-yard and sand-pile flocked the children to see the fun.
Billy Whiskers|Frances Trego Montgomery
And, behind, there was the widda at the winda, all eyes fer that sand-pile.
Alec Lloyd, Cowpuncher|Eleanor Gates
At six years of age the child was studying Latin, when he should have been digging in a sand-pile.
Little Journeys To The Homes Of Great Teachers|Elbert Hubbard

I don't know why David took his cart that 93time, for there wasn't any mortar man, and there wasn't any sand-pile.
The Doers|William John Hopkins