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tremie

trem·ie [ trémmee ] (plural trem·ies)


noun 
Definition:
 
device for spreading concrete underwater: a device consisting of a funnel-shaped hopper at the top connected to a large metal pipe with a valve at the bottom, used to spread concrete underwater

[Early 20th century. Via French, "(mill-)hopper" < Latin trimodia "three-peck measure" < modius "peck"]
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