pile, piling - A pole embedded in the sea bottom and used to support docks, pierpiers and other structures.
pile, piling - A vertical pole driven into the water's bottom; may be used to support a pier or as a mooring site.
pile driving - Pitching heavily and frequently in a short steep sea.
piling, pile
A post driven into the water's bottom and supporting a pier, wharf, jetty, dock, or float.
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Stacking
To pile boxes, bags, containers etc. on top of each other.
Stackweight
The total weight of the containers and cargo in a certain row.
" The "overs" are re-circulated through the chipper again and the "fines and sawdust" are blown into their own pile. The chip "accepts" are blown into a pile for processing into wood products.
Pile moorings: Moorings made from wood or metal piles driven into the ground
Pinching: Entering the no-sail-zone or sailing just on the boarder to it ...
PILE A wood, metal or concrete pole driven into the bottom. Craft may be made fast to a pile; it may be used to support a pier (see PILING) or a float. PILING Support, protection for wharves, piers etc.
I don't think anybody has any trouble picking a chart of the appropriate scale out of a pile, since it's pretty obvious whether it covers just a harbor or the whole ocean. But a lot of us have trouble with naming the damned things.
Dolphin A built pile structure for mooring in harbor.
Downhaul Rope or tackle used to haul down sail or yard.
Down helm Order to helmsman to put tiller away from wind; up helm is towards wind.
The clove hitch is used for making a line fast temporarily to a pile or bollard.
Here is how to make fast to a horn cleat.
1. To tie a cleat hitch, wrap your line three-quarters of the way around the base of the cleat.
- Dock Lines are used to Moor (connect / fasten) or Make Fast a boat to a dock (dock lines) or a permanent mooring (mooring lines) like a pile, pier, wharf, or buoy field. Most often the connecting points are cleats, but not always.
weathers, including the most severe storm, but only occasionally, or never, needs to be lifted, only for example if the vessel is to be towed into port for maintenance. An alternative to using an anchor under these circumstances may be to use a pile ...
As the designers say, 'there are enough amenities for staying overnight.' There are settee berths and quarterberths but after a long day's hard sail I'd bet you I could fall asleep just fine on a pile of sails in the forepeak.
I had fouled the prop of the outboard and even when it was operational found that I could track better with the oars. Also, it is better to leave the dinghy transom clear for anchoring manoeuvres. Dave handed down the anchor and a huge pile of ...
 See also: Line, Point, Stern, Boat, Forward
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