piling : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: piling	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for piling
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
piling n a column of wood or steel or concrete that is driven into the ground to provide support for a structure Synonym(s): pile, spile, piling, stilt
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.