test pile

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test pile [′test ‚pīl]

(civil engineering)

A pile equipped with a platform on which a load of sand or pig iron is placed in order to determine the load a pile can support (usually twice the working load) without settling.

test pile

A pile, 1 used to determine the load that it can support without settling; this determination usually is made by placing heavy weights on a platform mounted on the top of the pile.

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