noun, verb, piled, pil⋅ing.| 1. | a cylindrical or flat member of wood, steel, concrete, etc., often tapered or pointed at the lower end, hammered vertically into soil to form part of a foundation or retaining wall. |
| 2. | Heraldry. an ordinary in the form of a wedge or triangle coming from one edge of the escutcheon, from the chief unless otherwise specified. |
| 3. | Archery. the sharp head or striking end of an arrow, usually of metal and of the form of a wedge or conical nub. |
| 4. | to furnish, strengthen, or support with piles. |
| 5. | to drive piles into. |
| 6. | in pile, Heraldry. (of a number of charges) arranged in the manner of a pile. |

pile (pīl)
n.
A hemorrhoid.