walling
/wˈɔlɪŋ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.60 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
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.
Countable; Uncountable
name
A surname.
Example Sentences
- "Nor was this all; seeing something projecting through the soil at the bottom of the bared patch of walling, I removed the loose earth with my hands, and revealed a huge stone ring, a foot or more in diameter, and about three inches thick."
- "“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 […]"
- "The longer the platform, the more signs, fencing, walling, lighting, drainage and public address systems (and so on) are needed."