piling

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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noun a column of wood or steel or concrete that is driven into the ground to provide support for a structure
verb arrange in stacks
verb press tightly together or cram

When the piling was all done he looked back at our Uncle Peter. — Fairy Prince and Other Stories, Eleanor Hallowell Abbott
Near the boat landing is the club house, set up on piling, with a veranda across the front. — Torchy and Vee, Sewell Ford
My eye wandered over the scene spread before us, the vast piling of masonry that is New York. — Astounding Stories, May, 1931, Various

pile, spile, stilt

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