Pī'ling, n.

noun

n. 1. The act of heaping up; the driving of piles.

  1. The act of re-heating iron blooms or slabs, for further working.
  2. A series of piles; piles in place, considered collectively; as, the piling of a bridge.

Sheet piling, a series of piles made of planks or half logs driven edge to edge.