| Piling | n. [ See Pile a heap. ] 1. The act of heaping up. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. (Iron Manuf.) The process of building up, heating, and working, fagots, or piles, to form bars, etc. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Piling | n. [ See Pile a stake. ] A series of piles; piles considered collectively; as, the piling of a bridge. [ 1913 Webster ] 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. [ 1913 Webster ]
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