Definitions for decking

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decking deck·ing

Spelling: [dek-ing]

IPA: /ˈdɛk ɪŋ/

Decking is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.

You can make 131 anagrams from letters in decking (cdegikn).

Definitions for decking

noun

1. material, as paper or fiberboard, treated in various ways as a waterproof covering for a deck or roof.
2. material of concrete, asbestos, steel, or the like, in the form of self-supporting flooring or roofing units laid between joists or rafters.
3. Nautical. a floorlike surface wholly or partially occupying one level of a hull, superstructure, or deckhouse, generally cambered, and often serving as a member for strengthening the structure of a vessel. the space between such a surface and the next such surface above:
4. any open platform suggesting an exposed deck of a ship.
5. an open, unroofed porch or platform extending from a house or other building. Compare sun deck.
6. any level, tier, or vertical section, as of a structure or machine.
7. flight deck (def 2).
8. a flat or nearly flat watertight surface, as at the top of a French roof.
9. a floor or roof surface composed of decking units.
10. Meteorology. cloud deck. See cloud layer.
11. Slang. a small packet of a narcotic, especially heroin.
12. a pack of playing cards.
13. Printing. bank3 (def 8).
14. Also called rear deck. the cover of a space behind the backseat of an automobile or the space itself.
15. Library Science. a level of book shelving and associated facilities in the stacks of a library, as one of a series of floors or tiers.
16. cutter deck.
17. a cassette deck or tape deck.

Idioms

1. clear the decks, to prepare for combat, as by removing all unnecessary gear. to prepare for some activity or work, as by getting rid of hindrances.
2. hit the deck, Slang. Nautical. to rise from bed. to fall, drop, or be knocked to the ground or floor.
3. on deck, Baseball. next at bat; waiting one's turn to bat. Informal. next in line; coming up; scheduled. Informal. prepared to act or work; ready.
4. play with / have a full deck, Slang. to be sane, rational, or reasonably intelligent:
5. stack the deck. stack (def 24).

adjective

1. Civil Engineering. (of a bridge truss) having a deck or floor upon or above the structure. Compare through (def 22).

verb (used with object)

1. to clothe or attire (people) or array (rooms, houses, etc.) in something ornamental or decorative (often followed by out):
2. to furnish with a deck.
3. Informal. to knock down; floor:

Origin of decking

First recorded in 1525-35; deck + -ing¹

Examples for decking

By "decking prime" he means they are the ornament of the morning.

The small trestles prepared by the engineers, ready for the decking.

The ladder served for the decking of the may-pole and roof of the hall.

Probably the old Manchurian mandarin had a fancy for decking out the boy!

In Russia the custom of decking the houses with branches at Whitsuntide is universal.

"You are decking yourself in borrowed feathers, Poetess," replied he, laughing.

Feigele, like all young girls, is fond of dressing and decking herself out.

They often spoke together of this scheme, ever decking it in brighter colours.

Compared to his gaudiness of decking, the raiment of the others was mean and sober.

In another they romped with their big sheepdog, decking him with garlands of ivy and laurel.