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SHEET PILING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sheet piling mean? 

SHEET PILING (noun)
  The noun SHEET PILING has 1 sense:

1. a pile in a row of piles driven side by side to retain earth or prevent seepageplay

  Familiarity information: SHEET PILING used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SHEET PILING (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A pile in a row of piles driven side by side to retain earth or prevent seepage

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

sheath pile; sheet pile; sheet piling

Hypernyms ("sheet piling" is a kind of...):

pile; piling; spile; stilt (a column of wood or steel or concrete that is driven into the ground to provide support for a structure)


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