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  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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