soil nail

noun

noun

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:

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