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• trémie
  trémie

  noun

  a funnellike device lowered into water to deposit concrete.
• tremie
  tremie

  noun

  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

trémie

American  

[trem-ee, trey-mee] / ˈtrɛm i, treɪˈmi /

noun

trémies plural

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

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tremie British  

/ ˈtrɛmɪ /

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

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Noun Inflected Forms

• trémies
  plural

Etymology

Origin of trémie

1900–05; < French: hopper < Latin trimodia three-peck measure, equivalent to tri- tri- + mod ( ius ) measure of grain + -ia -ia

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tremie

Another method of handling a tremie was employed in constructing the foundations for the Charlestown Bridge at Boston, Mass. Foundation piles were driven and sawed off under water.

From Concrete Construction Methods and Costs by Gillette, Halbert Powers

Still another example of tremie work is furnished by the task of depositing a large mass of concrete under water in the construction of the Nussdorf Lock at Vienna.

From Concrete Construction Methods and Costs by Gillette, Halbert Powers

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

From Concrete Construction Methods and Costs by Gillette, Halbert Powers

A good example of a sheet steel tremie is shown by Fig.

From Concrete Construction Methods and Costs by Gillette, Halbert Powers

The tremie used to deposit the concrete was a tube 14 ins. in diameter at the bottom and 11 ins. at the neck, with a hopper at the top.

From Concrete Construction Methods and Costs by Gillette, Halbert Powers