Definitions for waling

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waling wal·ing

Spelling: [wey-ling]

IPA: /ˈweɪ lɪŋ/

Waling is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 101 anagrams from letters in waling (agilnw).

Definitions for waling

noun

1. a number of wales, taken as a whole.
2. timber for use as wales.
3. wale1 (def 5).
4. a streak, stripe, or ridge produced on the skin by the stroke of a rod or whip; welt.
5. the vertical rib in knit goods or a chain of loops running lengthwise in knit fabric (opposed to course).
6. the texture or weave of a fabric.
7. Nautical. any of certain strakes of thick outside planking on the sides of a wooden ship. gunwale.
8. Also called breast timber, ranger, waling. Engineering, Building Trades. a horizontal timber or other support for reinforcing various upright members, as sheet piling or concrete form boards, or for retaining earth at the edge of an excavation.
9. a ridge on the outside of a horse collar.
10. something that is selected as the best; choice.

verb (used with object)

1. to mark with wales.
2. to weave with wales.
3. Engineering, Building Trades. to reinforce or fasten with a wale or wales.
4. to choose; select.

Origin of waling

First recorded in 1830-40; wale¹ + -ing¹

Examples for waling

There must also be a waling piece or cap at or near the top, anchored back.

It acts like a waling, and is useful when the ground is treacherous, and provided it is level.

Come away, chap—come away, gentle chap—nae time to be picking and waling your steps.'

The lower ends should be in a small trench and have a waling piece in front of them.