Meaning of PILING
Pronunciation: | | 'pIling
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WordNet Dictionary |
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| Definition: | | [n] a column of wood or steel or concrete that is driven into the ground to provide support for a structure |
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| Synonyms: | | pile, spile, stilt |
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| See Also: | | column, pillar, sheath pile, sheet pile, sheet piling | |
Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\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.
\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.
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Biology Dictionary |
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| Definition: | | Structural members driven in beds of streams and other bodies of water and grouped in bents or sheets. |
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