knobbings

Noun

knobbing (plural knobbings)

1. A pattern of knobs or lumps.
   • Consequently, the knobbing is most marked at the costochondral junctions of the ribs, the lower end of the femur , both ends of the fibula and tibia , and the upper end of the humerus .1950, Clinical Nutrition, page 454
2. The amount by which a bowl is wider in the middle than at the top and bottom.
   • The degree of knobbing varies according to the conditions of working and varies between 2 mm . and 8 mm . in circumference .1954, The Indian Textile Journal - Volume 65, page 68
3. (UK, slang, vulgar) A session of penetrative sexual intercourse or the act of sexual penetration.
   • A knobbing is over before you know it and no harm done to the family but the shame of a dirty photograph can follow a husband into his grave .2013, Miles Gibson, Kingdom Swann: The Story of a Photographer, page 8
4. The process of rough dressing stone; the act of cutting off projecting points from quarried stone.
5. The practice of cutting off the sharp tips of the horns of cattle, leaving rounded knobs.
   • This assertion is only partially true, and the facility with which "knobbing" can be practiced depends upon the kind of tools used and the skill of the operator , and even allowing that "knobbing" did take up more time , it 1 would be a poor argument in defense of cruelty .1888, T. Walley, “A Different View of the Dehorning Question”, in Annual Report - Volume 14, page 207