2. Adjective. pounded hard ¹
3. Adjective. packed down ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Tamped
1. tamp [v] - See also: tamp
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tamped
Literary usage of Tamped
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Irrigation Practice and Engineering by Bernard Alfred Etcheverry (1915)
"A modification of the dry hand-tamped pipe method, which permits the use of a
... The set of moulds are the same as used for the dry tamped pipe with the ..."
2. Irrigation Practice and Engineering by Bernard Alfred Etcheverry (1915)
"The cost is usually considerably more than that of hand-tamped pipe, ...
A modification of the dry hand-tamped pipe method, which permits the use of a ..."
3. Notes on Track: Construction and Maintenance by Walter Mason Camp (1904)
"Where the lift is not more than i in. high the ties need not be tamped ...
Stone ballast can be most thoroughly tamped where the lift is about 2 ins., ..."
4. Notes on Track: Construction and Maintenance by Walter Mason Camp (1904)
"Where the lift is not more than i in. high the ties need not be tamped ...
Stone ballast can be most thoroughly tamped where the lift is about 2 ins., ..."
5. Deformations of Railroad Tracks and the Means for Remedying Them by G. Cuénot (1907)
"LENGTH TO GIVE TIES AND tamped BED. After proving that the most advisable length
for a tie for diminishing its flexure ought to be in the neighborhood of 7 ..."
6. Handbook of Rock Excavation, Methods and Cost by Halbert Powers Gillette (1916)
"Springing: 6 pm Friday, sprung with 2 sticks (00%) water tamped. 8 pm Friday,
sprung with 5 sticks (00%) water tamped. 7 am Saturday, sprung with 12 sticks ..."
7. Handbook of Rock Excavation, Methods and Cost by Halbert Powers Gillette (1916)
"Springing: 6 pm Friday, sprung with 2 sticks (00%) water tamped. 8 pm Friday,
sprung with 5 sticks (00%i) water tamped. 7 am Saturday, sprung with 12 sticks ..."
8. Handbook of Rock Excavation, Methods and Cost by Halbert Powers Gillette (1916)
"Springing: 6 pm Friday, sprung with 2 sticks (60%) water tamped. 8 pm Friday,
sprung with 5 sticks (60%) water tamped. 7 am Saturday, sprung with 12 sticks ..."
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