soil nail

noun

One of a number of rods or bars inserted into pre-drilled holes in a steep slope in order to stabilise it.

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Meanings

nounsoil nail (plural soil nails)

plural soil nails

  1. One of a number of rods or bars inserted into pre-drilled holes in a steep slope in order to stabilise it.

    More than 900 eight-to-ten-metre soil nails are set into the walls adjacent to the north end of the dive-under, to secure its steep concrete-sprayed side.

    2021 November 17, Tom Allett, “Delving deep into dive-under's details”, in RAIL, number 944, page 49, photo caption

Translations

Chinese Cantonese 泥釘 /泥钉
  • 泥釘 /泥钉 (nai⁴ deng¹)Translations
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APA

soil nail. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/soil%20nail

MLA

“soil nail.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/soil%20nail. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “soil nail,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/soil%20nail.

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