The Collaborative International Dictionary
To pile muskets
Pile \Pile\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Piled; p. pr. & vb. n. Piling.]
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To lay or throw into a pile or heap; to heap up; to collect into a mass; to accumulate; to amass; -- often with up; as, to pile up wood. ``Hills piled on hills.''
--Dryden. ``Life piled on life.''
--Tennyson.The labor of an age in piled stones.
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To cover with heaps; or in great abundance; to fill or overfill; to load.
To pile arms To pile muskets (Mil.), to place three guns together so that they may stand upright, supporting each other; to stack arms.