fleaking

English

Etymology 1

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Noun

fleaking (uncountable)

1. (British, dialectal, obsolete) In a thatched building: a light covering of reeds, over which the main covering is laid.
   • 1787, John Collier, A View of the Lancashire Dialect, or, Tummus and Mar:

     A narrow eaves-board being nailed across the feet of the spars, and some fleaking scattered on, the thatcher begins to “set his caves,” by laying a coat of reed […]

Etymology 2

See fleak.

Verb

fleaking

1. present participle and gerund of fleak (synonym of flaking)

Etymology 3

See fleak.

Verb

fleaking

1. present participle and gerund of fleak (synonym of flecking)

Further reading

• “fleaking”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• fanglike