gouging

English

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -aʊd͡ʒɪŋ

Verb

gouging

1. present participle of gouge

Noun

gouging (plural gougings)

1. A mark produced by gouging.
   • 1943, Bulletin of the Imperial Institute (volumes 41-42, page 230)

     The damage consists in general of more or less deep cuts or gougings on the flesh side of the hide, often penetrating through the hide to the grain side.