screw pile

noun

1. a pile that is used for the foundations of bridges, lighthouses, etc., and has a screwlike lower end for drilling through and taking firm hold in compacted material.

screw pile

noun

1. a pile with a threaded tip that is screwed into the ground by a winch or capstan

Other Words From

• screw piling noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of screw pile¹

First recorded in 1830–40

Example Sentences

At that time a new lighthouse of the screw pile type was built two and one-half miles offshore from Smith Point.

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This screw cylinder penetrated the ground like an ordinary screw pile.

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One of these inventions is the iron-pile or screw-pile lighthouse, and the other is the iron cylinder lighthouse.

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A completed screw-pile lighthouse has the odd appearance of a huge, ugly spider standing knee-deep in the sea.

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