Thesaurus: piling

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1. p. pr. & vb. n. of Pile
2. n. The act of heaping up.
3. n. The process of building up, heating, and working, fagots, or piles, to form bars, etc.
4. n. A series of piles; piles considered collectively; as, the piling of a bridge.
5. n. a column of wood or steel or concrete that is driven into the ground to provide support for a structure
6. 1. The act of heaping up. 2. (Iron Manuf.) The process of building up, heating, and working, fagots, or piles, to form bars, etc. 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.
7. The process of building up, heating, and working, fagots, orpiles, to form bars, etc.
8. n a column of wood or steel or concrete that is driven into the ground to provide support for a structure v arrange in stacks v press tightly together or cram v place or lay as if in a pile