pile cap

noun

1. a reinforced or mass concrete connecting beam cast around the head of a group of piles enabling it to act as a single unit to support the imposed load

Example Sentences

The engineer’s report confirmed what many had seen: A piling on the south side of the aging structure — as well as a portion of the pile cap and large sections of its railing — had been wiped away by historic swells.

From Los Angeles Times

The city received the final memo Thursday from consultants Moffatt & Nichol, which estimated the cost to stabilize the missing pile and reinforce another corroded pile cap on the north side of the pier would be about $550,000.

From Los Angeles Times

On Friday, it made its inaugural lift: a pile cap.

From New York Times

He felt a tap on his shoulder, looked into a lean face under a pile cap with three stars and a paratrooper's silver badge on it.

From Time Magazine Archive