puddeningn.
/ˈpʊdn̩ɪŋ/, /ˈpʊdənɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈpʊd(ə)nɪŋ/ 1. Nautical. = pudding n. 6.
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > anchoring equipment > [noun] > binding to save cable from chafe
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > masts, rigging, or sails > spar > [noun] > mast > plaited cordage to prevent yards from falling
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1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine at Anchor The ring is..covered with a number of pieces of short rope..called the puddening, and used to preserve the cable from being..chafed by the iron.
1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine (at cited word) Puddening,..a thick wreath, or circle of cordage, tapering from the middle towards the ends, and fastened about the main-mast and fore-mast of a ship, to prevent their yards from falling down, when the ropes by which they are usually suspended are shot away in battle.
1979 P. O'Brian Fortune of War iii. 111 The bosun had long since secured the yards with puddening and chains.
2. English regional (northern and north midlands). The action or process of supplying with (a) pudding. Now rare.
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1866 W. Henderson Notes Folk Lore Northern Counties 12 Much importance attaches to the baby's first visit to another house, on which occasion it is expected that he should receive three things—an egg, salt and white bread or cake. Near Leeds this ceremony is called Puddening.
1885 R. Holland Gloss. Words County of Chester (1886) Puddining, presenting an egg, a handful of salt, and a bunch of matches to a new-born infant.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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