01 n. The act of heaping up.
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The act of heaping up.
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The process of building up, heating, and working, fagots, or piles, to form bars, etc.(Iron Manuf.)
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3 senses · 2 variants
Webster, 1913
Piling
02 n. A series of piles; piles considered collectively; as, the piling of a bridge.
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A series of piles; piles considered collectively; as, the piling of a bridge.
Phrases & compounds
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.