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piling |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Piling \Pil"ing\, n. [See {Pile} a heap.] 1. The act of heaping up 2. (Iron Manuf.) The process of building up heating, and working, fagots, or piles, to form bars, etc From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Piling \Pil"ing\, n. [See {Pile} a stake.] A series of piles; piles considered collectively; as the piling of a bridge. {Pug piling}, sheet piles connected together at the edges by dovetailed tongues and grooves. {Sheet piling}, a series of piles made of planks or half logs driven edge to edge, -- used to form the walls of cofferdams, etc From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: piling n : a column of wood or steel or concrete that is driven into the ground to provide support for a structure [syn: {pile}, {spile}, {stilt}]
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