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.

Anagrams

• Wignall