sidecast
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To eject waste material that has been excavated or dredged to the side, rather than hauling it away.
verb
To cast a fishing line at an angle of 90 degrees using a special type of reel that rotates on its rod.
noun
A mode of using a suction dredge that sidecasts the material that is dredged up using a pipeline to the bank or by jetting.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "The dragline sidecasts material into a 'wet' stockpile located on-shore, immediately adjacent to the excavation."
- "Areas where sidecasting would be done are typically steep."
- "According to the record, this piece of equipment rides on tracks (similar to a bulldozer) rather than on wheels, and it sidecasts excavated material directly into a dump truck."
- "I bait his hook with a plump and squirmy shrimp. With one arm, he sidecasts between two spindly roots."
- "In areas of moderate slopes, recontouring can be accomplished by salvaging sidecast deposited during road construction."
- "The site does not conflict with the proposed road right-of-way, but could be indirectly impacted by sidecast or disturbance of hydrologic flow. Sidecast would impact the site by permanently disturbing habitat and/or eliminating plants."