arching

English

Verb

arching

1. present participle and gerund of arch

Noun

arching (plural archings)

1. The arched part of a structure.

Adjective

arching (not comparable)

1. (nautical) hogging, as opposed to sagging
2. Forming an arch.

Derived terms

• uparching

 

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “arching”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

• Charing, chagrin, chargin', charing