bearing pile

Construction of both methods is the same as for foundation bearing piles.

On the top of the bearing piles longitudinal and transverse sills were placed, covered with two layers of diagonal planking, and upon these the masonry was laid.

He strolled past display tables loaded with wares and guarded by traders; past hawkers' carts bearing piles of bright fruits, golden loaves, and heaps of bloody meat encrusted with flies; past stationary wagons with horses tossing their nose bags in a jingle of harness.