the act of providing chairs or the like with seats made of woven cane
2.
woven cane for seats of chairs or the like
3.
a beating with a cane
Word origin
[1705–15; cane + -ing1]This word is first recorded in the period 1705–15. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: convergence, encore, junction, salon, shellac-ing is a suffix of nouns formed from verbs, expressing the action of the verb or itsresult, product, material, etc. (the art of building; a new building; cotton wadding). It is also used to form nouns from words other than verbs (offing; shirting). Verbal nouns ending in -ing are often used attributively (the printing trade) and in forming compounds (drinking song). In some compounds (sewing machine), the first element might reasonably be regarded as the participial adjective, -ing, the compound thus meaning “a machine that sews,” but it is commonly taken as a verbalnoun, the compound being explained as “a machine for sewing”
Examples of 'caning' in a sentence
caning
Rob was always caning her dole cheque as well as his, and she never even had enough money to go for job interviews.
Scarlett Thomas GOING OUT (2002)
Rioting carries stiff penalties, including caning and up to seven years in prison.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Had a bit of a caning recently.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Bookies took a 20million caning over the week.
The Sun (2011)
Lil will have less time for caning after she joins the family business.
The Sun (2009)
Those are getting a pretty thorough caning right now.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Caning by the head or housemasters was increasingly rare.