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Meanings of pilings in English

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Intermediate support supporting the deck of a bridge.

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      Usage of pilings in English
      1
      Water lapping against the pilings was the only sound in the night.
      Watcher of the Dead
      2
      I saw that the barnacles were getting higher up the bridge pilings.
      The Guardian
      3
      Beneath the pilings, and above the high-water mark, was a little hut.
      The Gray Dawn
      4
      The ferry pushed away from the thin pilings, chugging against the current.
      The Golem and the Jinni
      5
      Yorko backed the oars, and the boat bumped gently against stone pilings.
      A feast for crows
      6
      Shadows from the pilings lurched and swayed as the light swept by.
      Funland
      7
      They rushed toward it, dodging the thick pilings that supported the boardwalk.
      Funland
      8
      Once under cover, it weaved between the wooden pilings to the bow.
      Countdown: The Liberators-ARC
      9
      The giant fish continued to wash him diagonally forward toward the pilings.
      The talisman
      10
      Bethanne studied the huge platforms that rose on pilings from the sea floor.
      Accidentally the sheikh's wife
      11
      The house was single story, raised above the ground on crumbling brick pilings.
      Break No Bones
      12
      Jack counted: four rows of pilings, five pilings in each row.
      The talisman
      13
      Nearby, water lapped at pilings, and boats groaned against their moorings.
      One for the money
      14
      Even the pilings were vibrating back and forth in the water.
      Winter’s Tale
      15
      Some of them gathered under the pier, clustering about the pilings.
      Key Out of Time
      16
      She gave him the pills that brought the tide in over the pilings.
      Misery
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