D defs.my
Entry 3 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Piling

/pīl'-ĭng/ · Pil·ing · IPA /[ˈpʰaɪ̯ɫlɪŋ]/
01 n. The act of heaping up.
  1. 1.
    The act of heaping up.
  2. 2.
    The process of building up, heating, and working, fagots, or piles, to form bars, etc.(Iron Manuf.)
02 n. A series of piles; piles considered collectively; as, the piling of a bridge.
  1. 1.
    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.