piling

piling
a) A structural support comprised of a length of wood, steel, or other construction material.

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  • 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 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] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • piling up — index cumulative (increasing) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • piling — PÍLING s.n. Noduleţ care se formează pe suprafeţele expuse frecării ale îmbrăcămintei confecţionate din ţesături poliamidice. [< germ. Pilling]. Trimis de LauraGellner, 25.07.2005. Sursa: DN …   Dicționar Român

  • piling — pìling m <N mn nzi> DEFINICIJA 1. kozmetički preparat za skidanje površinskog sloja kože (ob. lica) 2. kozmetički postupak kojim se odstranjuju odumrle ili oštećene stanice s površinskog sloja kože lica ili tijela ETIMOLOGIJA engl. peeling …   Hrvatski jezični portal

  • piling — [pīl′iŋ] n. 1. piles collectively 2. a structure of piles …   English World dictionary

  • Piling — 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • piling — noun a column of wood or steel or concrete that is driven into the ground to provide support for a structure • Syn: ↑pile, ↑spile, ↑stilt • Hypernyms: ↑column, ↑pillar • Hyponyms: ↑sheet pile, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • Piling Bay — [cite web |url=http://www.traveljournals.net/explore/canada/map/m806817/piling bay.html |title=Piling Bay, Canada |accessdate=2008 10 01 |publisher=traveljournals.net] is a waterway on the western coast of central Baffin Island in Nunavut, Canada …   Wikipedia

  • Piling-up lemma — In cryptanalysis, the piling up lemma is a principle used in linear cryptanalysis to construct linear approximations to the action of block ciphers. It was introduced by Mitsuru Matsui (1993) as an analytical tool for linear… …   Wikipedia

  • piling — noun Date: 15th century a structure of piles; also pile …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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