holing

English

Pronunciation
  • Rhymes: -əʊlɪŋ

Verb

holing

  1. present participle of hole
Derived terms

Etymology 2

hole (“a hollow”) +‎ -ing

Noun

holing (plural holings)

  1. (mining) undercutting in a bed of coal in order to bring down the upper mass[1].

References
  1. 1881, Rossiter W. Raymond, A Glossary of Mining and Metallurgical Terms
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