Hypertext Webster Gateway: "piling"
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) 1.7 (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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