cloggings

Noun

clogging (plural cloggings)

1. The situation of something being clogged.
   • This feature has been found effective in reducing injector trouble, resulting either from the clogging of sieves or the choking of the annular orifices of the injectors by fine particles of coal.1957 October, “Modification of "West Country" Class Pacific”, in Railway Magazine, page 731
2. The material that clogs or obstructs.
   • No cloggings, lumps of dirt, or underlocks should be suffered to be rolled up with the fleece, as such a practice is unfair to the purchaser, and by act of parliament there is a heavy penalty attached to those who are convicted of doing it.1839, British Farmer's Magazine, volume 3, page 187