Piling

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Pile \Pile\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Piled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Piling}.]
     1. To lay or throw into a pile or heap; to heap up; to
        collect into a mass; to accumulate; to amass; -- often
        with up; as, to pile up wood. "Hills piled on hills."
        --Dryden. "Life piled on life." --Tennyson.


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              The labor of an age in piled stones.  --Milton.
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     2. To cover with heaps; or in great abundance; to fill or
        overfill; to load.
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     {To pile arms} {To pile muskets} (Mil.), to place three guns
        together so that they may stand upright, supporting each
        other; to stack arms.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Piling \Pil"ing\, n. [See {Pile} a heap.]
     1. The act of heaping up.
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     2. (Iron Manuf.) The process of building up, heating, and
        working, fagots, or piles, to form bars, etc.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Piling \Pil"ing\, n. [See {Pile} a stake.]
     A series of piles; piles considered collectively; as, the
     piling of a bridge.
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     {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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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [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}]