noun
- heavy posts or columns driven into the ground to support a structure
Usage: construction; engineering
Examples
- The dock was built on concrete pilings driven deep into the riverbed.
- Workers installed steel pilings to support the new bridge.
- The old wooden pilings under the pier needed replacement.
- Engineers tested the soil before placing the foundation pilings.
- The house was elevated on pilings to protect it from flooding.
- Barnacles covered the pilings at the marina.
- The construction crew drove dozens of pilings into the marshy ground.