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floorboarding

floorboarding noun: the floorboards in a building or part thereof. Also the present participle and gerund of floorboard.

Noun

floorboarding (uncountable)

  1. The floorboards in a building or part thereof.
    • The necessary works were extensive and included replacing missing and damaged slates and other roof repairs (in order to make the building watertight), pointing and drainpipe replacement, and extensive replacement of rotten floorboarding.2021 December 15, Robin Leleux, “Awards honour the best restoration projects: The Southeastern Commercial Restoration Award: Appledore”, in RAIL, number 946, pages 56–57

Also used as

floorboarding is also the present participle and gerund of floorboard.

Origin of floorboarding

From floorboard + -ing.

Questions about floorboarding

What does floorboarding mean?
Floorboarding means the floorboards in a building or part thereof.
What part of speech is floorboarding?
Floorboarding is a noun.

Words near floorboarding in the dictionary

  1. floor-walkers
  2. floorage
  3. floorball
  4. floorboard
  5. floorboarded
  6. floorboarding
  7. floorboards
  8. floorbox
  9. floorboxes
  10. floorcare
  11. floorcest

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