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A wedge or triangle issuing from the top of a shield and tapering to a point.
A triangular wedge, conventionally issuing from the chief and narrowing toward the base. Piles may issue from other edges when the blazon says so, and are borne singly or in numbers.
A wedge-shaped charge, by default issuing from the chief and tapering toward the base of the shield.
Sometimes explained as representing a pile driven into the ground for building — the same word as the engineering term. The naming is shared; whether the charge was intended to depict one is not documented.
A triangular wedge issuing from the top edge of a shield and tapering to a point below.