Pile: long heavy section of timber, concrete or metal, driven into the earth or seabed as support for another structure.

UNESCO: L O S S A R Y

Even more expensive is wood from chestnut, a once ubiquitous species that ceased to be a source of timber not long after chestnut blight arrived on this continent around 1890.

FORBES: Barn Again

The timber industry has long been an economic driver for the Pacific Northwest.

NPR: Economy Whittles Pacific Northwest Timber Industry