'Piling' definitions:
Definition of 'piling'
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Definition of 'Piling'
From: 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. [1913 Webster]
- The labor of an age in piled stones. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To cover with heaps; or in great abundance; to fill or overfill; to load. [1913 Webster]
- To pile arms To pile muskets (Mil.), to place three guns together so that they may stand upright, supporting each other; to stack arms. [1913 Webster] Pileate
Definition of 'Piling'
From: GCIDE
- Piling \Pil"ing\, 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]
Definition of 'Piling'
From: GCIDE
- Piling \Pil"ing\, 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]
Words containing 'Piling'
- Pile,
- Piled,
- Piles,
- pile it on,
- pile up,
- Blind piles,
- Cross and pile,
- Dry pile,
- Funeral pile,
- Galvanic pile,
- Guide pile,
- Pile bridge,
- Pile cap,
- Pile driver,
- Pile dwelling,
- Pile engine,
- Pile plank,
- Pneumatic pile,
- Pug piling,
- Screw pile,
- Sheet piling,
- To pile arms,
- To pile muskets,
- Volta's pile,
- Voltaic pile,
- atomic pile,
- compost pile,
- junk pile,
- muck pile,
- pile drive,
- sheath pile,
- sheet pile,
- trash pile,
- Gunpowder pile driver,
- Pile-worn,
- Three-pile,
- Three-piled,
- To sheet-pile