A heavy column of wood - steel - or reinforced concrete sunk vertically into a stream or riverbed to support a bridge (also commonly used for docks and wharves). When the stream or river is not stabe (soft silt or mud) pilings or groups of piles are

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1. A heavy column of wood - steel - or reinforced concrete sunk vertically into a stream or riverbed to support a bridge (also commonly used for docks and wharves). When the stream or river is not stabe (soft silt or mud) pilings or groups of piles are