deckingn.
/ˈdɛkɪŋ/ 1. The action of deck v.; †concrete that with which something is decked (obsolete); adornment, embellishment, ornament.
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the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > [noun] > ornamentation or decoration
atiffement1330
agraithing1340
apparela1375
anornamenta1382
adubmentc1400
dubmentc1400
anourement?1403
honourment1442
honestnessa1450
quaintisingc1450
ornaturea1475
adorning1495
furnish1500
accomplement?c1525
decking1531
habilimenta1533
parelc1540
exornation1548
garnishment1550
attirement1566
beautifyings1574
pranking1580
trinklement1582
decoration1584
decorement1587
trapping1596
trim1598
garnish1615
vinetry1622
polition1623
trickmenta1625
deckage1642
decor1656
garniture1685
buskrya1687
ornamentation1706
broidery1782
dizenment1864
necking1946
fanciness1961
1531 T. Elyot Bk. named Gouernour ii. iii. sig. Oiijv Semblable deckynge oughte to be in the house of a noble man or man of honour.
1562 J. Shute tr. A. Cambini in Two Comm. Turcks i. f. 38 Somtuouse and magnifique ornamentes and deckings.
a1653 Z. Boyd Zion's Flowers (1855) 157 Spending on decking many precious houres.
1673 R. Allestree Ladies Calling i. §1 ⁋26. 10 Their most exquisit deckings are but like the garlands on a beast design'd for sacrifice.
2.
a. The work or material of the deck of a ship; planking or flooring forming a deck.
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > part of vessel above water > [noun] > deck > material of
hatching1294
decking1580
1580 C. Hollyband Treasurie French Tong Le tillac d'vne navire, the decking of a ship.
1879 S. H. Butcher & A. Lang tr. Homer Odyssey 81 Fashion a wide raft..and lay deckings high thereupon.
1887 Daily News 26 June 6/2 The building is considered to be absolutely fireproof, the floors being all of steel ‘decking’ and solid breeze concrete.
b. In extended uses (see deck n.1 3b).
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society > occupation and work > materials > types of material generally > [noun] > building-material > for floors
flooring1624
decking1883
1883 Specif. Alnwick & Cornhill Railway 45 The superstructure consists of two wrought-iron plate girders..connected together by cross-bracing and by a decking of curved strips.
1897 Daily News 3 May 2/1 Piles, beams, and decking.
1898 Daily News 4 Oct. 3/2 A huge decking..is being constructed in the river.
1898 Daily News 12 Dec. 3/3 It was some time before the decking of the pier collapsed.
1900 Westm. Gaz. 29 Dec. 5/2 Some of the decking of St. Leonards pier was wrenched away by the waves.
1924 Times Trade & Engin. Suppl. 29 Nov. 252/3 The general design of decking is that of a reinforced concrete slab.
1954 Archit. Rev. 116 129 Roof deckings are now well established in the vocabulary of present-day building materials.
1963 Gloss. Build. Terms (B.S.I.) 18 Decking, prefabricated units for the construction of a floor or roof.
1970 Financial Times 13 Apr. 13/7 Coated steel..has found particular outlets in cladding, as well as roofing and decking.
3. In Lumbering: the action of piling logs on a skidway. Also attributive. U.S.
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1901 Munsey's Mag. June 392/1 A decking chain more than three hundred feet long is required to roll the logs to their places.
1902 S. E. White Blazed Trail xi. 83 A shout of surprise or horror would have stopped the horse pulling on the decking chain.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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