rodding

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English[edit]

Verb[edit]

rodding

  1. present participle and gerund of rod

Noun[edit]

rodding (countable and uncountable, plural roddings)

  1. (construction) The process of reinforcing concrete with metal rods.
  2. (medicine) The insertion of a metal rod or nail into the cavity of a bone, to treat deformity or fracture.
  3. (mechanical engineering) A system of rods etc. used for movement.
    • 1944 July and August, “The Why and the Wherefore: Point-Rod Compensators”, in Railway Magazine, page 256:
      Anything that reverses the direction of movement in a length of point rodding will act as a compensator over an equal length on each side of it; [] .