試し錐すい

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb, intransitive verb

test boring; trial drilling

Technical term for drilling a test hole to examine underground strata, often used in geology, civil engineering, and resource exploration. The cross-reference to ボーリング indicates a close relationship with the loanword 'boring'.

See also: ボーリング

• 建けん設せつ前まえに地じ盤ばん調ちょう査さのため試し錐すいを行おこなった。

  Before construction, test boring was carried out to investigate the ground.

• 試し錐すいの結けっ果か、地ち下かに温おん泉せんがあることがわかった。

  As a result of the test drilling, it was found that there is a hot spring underground.