sidecast

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To eject waste material that has been excavated or dredged to the side, rather than hauling it away.
  2. To cast a fishing line at an angle of 90 degrees using a special type of reel that rotates on its rod.
noun
  1. Debris left next to a construction site from sidecasting.
  2. A mode of using a suction dredge that sidecasts the material that is dredged up using a pipeline to the bank or by jetting.
  3. A type of reel with a spool that rotates on a fixed base through 90 degrees to allow sidecasting.
  4. A calculation or figure that is listed in a table beside a drawing that gives a value which cannot be read directly from the drawing.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-sidecast.wav

Word forms

sidecast sidecasts sidecasting sidecasted side-cast side cast

Etymology

From side + cast.

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