A pointed stake or post; spec. one of a number of heavy wooden or metal posts or beams, pointed or sharpened at the lower end and driven vertically…

A group or line of piles (pile, n.1); a structure composed of piles; pilework; wood for piles.

= pile, n.1 3.

Usually in plural. Any of a series of columns or piles, typically used to raise a building or part of a building above ground level.

In various technical senses. Each of a set of posts or piles on which a building (esp. of primitive construction) is raised from the ground, or…

A series of piles driven in.

a heavy wooden or metal post, driven vertically into the ground to support a load; = pile, n.1 3a.

a continuous wall of sheet-piles.

attributive, as (sense 2) sheeting deal, sheeting plank; sheeting-machine n. (see quots.). sheeting-pile n. = sheet-pile n. at sheet, n.1 compounds 2.

(a) n. a pile (pile, n.1 3a) with a large screw or helical blade at its lower end, designed to be wound, rather than driven, into the ground; (b) adj.…

(see quot. 1862).

= sheet-piling n. at sheet, n.1 compounds 2.