Sidecast

Pronunciation varies by accent · verb

Meaning

(engineering) To eject waste material that has been excavated or dredged to the side, rather than hauling it away..

Definitions by Sense

1. (engineering) To eject waste material that has been excavated or dredged to the side, rather than hauling it away.
2. (fishing) To cast a fishing line at an angle of 90 degrees using a special type of reel that rotates on its rod.
3. (engineering) Debris left next to a construction site from sidecasting.
4. (engineering) A mode of using a suction dredge that sidecasts the material that is dredged up using a pipeline to the bank or by jetting.
5. (fishing) A type of reel with a spool that rotates on a fixed base through 90 degrees to allow sidecasting.
6. (drafting) 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.

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.

In contrast, tree growth has been found to be higher on displaced material such as berms and sidecasts compared with the harvested undisturbed soils.

Removing the sidecast barrier material also could facilitate passage of rainbow trout through the reach to access spawning and rearing habitat and the portion of the spring-water fed thermal refugia that are upstream of the sidecast barrier.

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• sidecasts
• sidecasting
• sidecast
• sidecasted
• side-cast
• side cast

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