bonings

Noun

boning (countable and uncountable, plural bonings)

1. The removal of bones from a carcass; filleting.
2. The arrangement of bones in a corset.
3. (slang, vulgar) An act of sexual intercourse.
   • How is it possible that somebody who looks like Thinny can have sex with so many women? Where are all these girls out there begging for bonings in cars?2012, John van de Ruit, Spud - Exit, Pursued by a Bear
4. Bone structure.
   • She had substantial boning and a wider pelvic girdle than our larger bitch.2008, Carolyn Melvin, Life with Animals, →ISBN, page 168
5. The fertilization of a field with bone meal.
   • The long-continued good result of the bonings of the Cheshire farmers, effects which are said to be perceivable during the continuance of a lease, demonstrates that at least one known fertilizer is useful not merely for a season; and, moreover, as the enlightened Cheshire landlords have been long...1858, The Farmer's Magazine, page 364
6. The process or result of leveling using a boning rod.
   • Boning is performed with boning rods, which exactly resemble T squares, as shown in fig 1 (page 265).1900, Arthur Thomas Walmisley, Field work and instruments, page 264

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