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Definition of throating in English: throatingnoun ˈθrəʊtɪŋ 1Chiefly Building. The cutting of a groove or channel; specifically the making of a groove in a sill, string course, coping, etc., in order to prevent rainwater running back towards the wall. Also (now chiefly) concrete: the channel or groove thus cut. 2Shipbuilding. The shaping of an angled timber (especially a floor-timber); that part of such a timber which constitutes the angle, typically being the thickest part; the depth or thickness of this; = "throat". Now rare. 3The action of designing or shaping something in such a way as to include a throat; the action of providing with a throat. 4Firearms. The action or practice of creating or reshaping a throat on a rifle, revolver, etc. 5Fishing. North American (chiefly Newfoundland). The action of preparing caught fish for gutting by cutting the throat and slitting the belly up to the gills. 6The action of producing sound from or as if from the throat; an utterance produced in this way.
Origin Mid 18th century (in an earlier sense). From throat + -ing. Definition of throating in US English: throatingnounˈθrəʊtɪŋ 1Chiefly Building. The cutting of a groove or channel; specifically the making of a groove in a sill, string course, coping, etc., in order to prevent rainwater running back towards the wall. Also (now chiefly) concrete: the channel or groove thus cut. 2Shipbuilding. The shaping of an angled timber (especially a floor-timber); that part of such a timber which constitutes the angle, typically being the thickest part; the depth or thickness of this; = "throat". Now rare. 3The action of designing or shaping something in such a way as to include a throat; the action of providing with a throat. 4Firearms. The action or practice of creating or reshaping a throat on a rifle, revolver, etc. 5Fishing. North American (chiefly Newfoundland). The action of preparing caught fish for gutting by cutting the throat and slitting the belly up to the gills. 6The action of producing sound from or as if from the throat; an utterance produced in this way.
Origin Mid 18th century (in an earlier sense). From throat + -ing. |