soil nailing
n.— «He estimated that roughly two-thirds of the steep walls required extra attention to shore them up, using an engineering technique called soil nailing.» —“Museum opening delayed to 2010″ by Tracie Dungan in Bentonville Arkansas Democrat Gazette (Little Rock) Oct. 27, 2007. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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