Meanings of heavy piles in English

No light could pierce through the heavy piles of clouds on the horizon.

It was placed on a platform built upon nine heavy piles, which were driven to bedrock.

At short and regular intervals, half-way up the miniature sandhills, heavy piles or snubbing-posts had been planted.

It was a shed composed of heavy piles driven deep into the earth, lashed together with bamboos, and thatched with palm-leaves.

This barracoon was a shed built of heavy piles driven down into the earth, lashed together with bamboos, and thatched with palm-leaves.

To these are attached barracoons or sheds made of heavy piles driven deep into the earth, lashed together with bamboos, and thatched with palm-leaves.