(uncountable) The practice of making an opening in part of the flesh and attaching rings, small barbells or varios other decoration through it.

A regional unit in north-central Greece. / (historical) A province of Roman Syria.

(US) A line in a navigable waterway established by the Army Corps of Engineers, beyond which a pier cannot project.

The end of a pier farthest from shore.

One who receives or has received a piercing.

plural of piercee

An instrument that pierces or perforates, such as a stiletto or piercel. / A person who pierces, especially one who carries out body piercing. / (zoology) The ovipositor, or sting, of an insect.

plural of pierhead

plural of piercer

(military, American spelling, of a device [usually a munition]) Intended to pierce armor.