TRÉMIE


Meaning of TRÉMIE in English

/trem"ee/ ; Fr. /trdday mee"/ , n. , pl. trémies /trem"eez/ ; Fr. /trdday mee"/ .

a funnellike device lowered into water to deposit concrete.

[ 1900-05; trimodia three-peck measure, equiv. to tri- TRI- + mod ( ius ) measure of grain + -ia -IA ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .