pneumatic pile

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noun Building Trades.

a hollow pile, used under water, in which a vacuum is induced so that air and water pressure force it into place.

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Origin of pneumatic pile

First recorded in 1855–60

What you see is a massive, well-intentioned, legal junk pile.
Red Tape Is Strangling Good Samaritans|Philip K. Howard|December 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The correspondent does a stand-up next to a burning pile of heroin and gets a taste of its effect.
BBC Reporter Gets High On The Job|Jack Holmes, The Daily Beast Video|December 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Hitchcock leans toward me in a conspiratorial, almost lascivious, way and says, “Let's pile on the menace.”
Alfred Hitchcock’s Fade to Black: The Great Director’s Final Days|David Freeman|December 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Pre-sizing eliminates the opportunity to pile those taters too high.
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Inside a box I could see a pile of whips, chains, ball gags, and hoods.
Whip It: Secrets of a Dominatrix|Justin Jones|November 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST
It is a lofty and richly-decorated pile of the fourteenth century; and tells of the labours and the wealth of a foreign land.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846|Various
They soon had a large pile heaped up in the middle of the road which led through the forest.
The Nursery, July 1873, Vol. XIV. No. 1|Various
The pneumatic action used by Willis, Cavaill-Coll and a score of other builders leaves little to be desired.
The Recent Revolution in Organ Building|George Laing Miller
Many of the pneumatic actions made to-day, however, are disappointing in these particulars.
The Recent Revolution in Organ Building|George Laing Miller
Undoubtedly the first improvements to be named must be the pneumatic and electro-pneumatic actions.
The Recent Revolution in Organ Building|George Laing Miller