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waling|ˈweɪlɪŋ|
Also erron. whaling.
[f. wale n.1 + -ing1.]
1. The wales or horizontal timbers with which piles are braced; also, one of such timbers, a wale; a long horizontal member used to brace the lining of an excavation or the walls of a form. (Cf. wale n.1 5; also foot-waling.)
1837Civil Engin. & Arch. Jrnl. I. 12/1 To these piles will be fixed three tiers of waling of whole timbers. 1878F. S. Williams Midl. Railw. 592 After the timbers are fixed, they are braced by what are called ‘walings’. 1893J. P. Allen Practical Building Construction xxii. 349 Where the ground is looser the poling boards must be placed closer together, perpendicularly, with walings, which are placed horizontally inside them. 1932[see soldier n. 7 c]. 1966C. K. Austin Formwork to Concrete (ed. 2) 282 The principle on which this system works, is that of a single form consisting of standard steel panels supported by steel channel walings sliding between soldiers against the concrete face. 1972V. C. Launder Foundations x. 132 Vertical planks or baulks are driven into the ground at the sides of the excavation as it proceeds and held vertical by horizontal timbers called walings, strutted across the trench width.
Comb.1837Whittock Bk. Trades (1842) 202 Oaken piles driven down close to the embankments, with their upper ends crossed by strong ‘whaling-boards’ of oak. 1891T. Potter Concrete (ed. 2) I. v. 157 If the sides are loose it is better to stand some boards against them, lifting or removing the latter..as the concrete is being filled in. This is assuming they are not planked or waled, and stretchers are employed to keep the waling planks in position. 1916Chamb. Jrnl. 1 Jan. 68/2 He worked his way along..till he reached the edge of the wharf and found footing on the walling [sic] strips against which the ship's hull rested.
2. Naut. The timbers forming the wale of a boat; in comb. waling-piece, ? = wale-piece (a).
1909Westm. Gaz. 6 Jan. 7/4 Some of the survivors saved themselves by seizing the collier's whaling-piece.
3. Basket-making. (The process of weaving) a band of rods which forms a wale (see wale n.1 6); the wales of a basket.
1912T. Okey Art of Basket-Making vii. 80 The butts of the waling being pieced in at the front. Ibid. xi. 135 The waling of the upsett will be begun at each side. 1949K. S. Woods Rural Crafts of England iii. x. 164 The uprights must now be set very firmly in position by several strong rows of waling. 1964H. Hodges Artifacts x. 146 Where three rods were used simultaneously with a crossing..the weave is referred to as waling. 1983Daily Tel. 20 Sept. 15/5 There is a border of ‘waling’ at the base of the basket. |