walling

English

Verb

walling

  1. present participle of wall

Noun

walling (countable and uncountable, plural wallings)

  1. A group of walls.
    • 2014, Carl Schuchhardt, Schliemann's Excavations (page 252)
      “All three,” says Dr. Schliemann, “were unusually large, and appeared to have been forced into the small space of only 5 feet 6 inches, left for them between the inner wallings […]
  2. Material used for walls.
  3. A method of torture in which a person's neck is encircled by a collar, which is then used to slam the person against a wall.

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