sheet pile

sheet pile
noun
a pile in a row of piles driven side by side to retain earth or prevent seepage
Syn: ↑sheath pile, ↑sheet piling
Hypernyms: ↑pile, ↑spile, ↑piling, ↑stilt

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noun
: any of various thick boards or planks that are wedge-shaped at the lower end and sometimes tongued on one edge and grooved on the other and are driven into the ground close together between gauged piles to form walls (as of a cofferdam); also : a rolled steel member used for the same purpose and so designed that each pile interlocks along its edges with the adjacent piles

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one of a number of piles, usually flat, driven side by side to retain earth, etc., or to prevent seepage into an excavation. Also called sheath pile.
[1835-45]

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n. a pile that is pressed or molded from sheet metal or vinyl so as to interlock with other such piles to form a retaining wall or other piling installation
Derivatives:
sheet-piling n.

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