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marshallings

marshallings is the plural of marshalling.

Meaning of marshalling

Noun

marshalling (countable and uncountable, plural marshallings)

  1. The process of transforming the memory representation of an object to a data format suitable for storage or transmission, which is typically used when data must be moved between different parts of a computer program, or from one program to another.
  2. The arrangement of an escutcheon to exhibit the alliances of the owner.
  3. The sorting of rolling stock in a marshalling yard.
    • It is the first British yard in which every activity of hump marshalling, except for the driving of the hump locomotive and the uncoupling and coupling of wagons, is fully automatic or drastically simplified by modern aids.1960 June, “Talking of trains: The new Margam yard”, in Trains Illustrated, page 323

Questions about marshallings

What is marshallings the plural of?
Marshallings is the plural of marshalling.

Words near marshallings in the dictionary

  1. Marshallian
  2. marshalling
  3. marshalling together
  4. marshalling yard
  5. marshalling yards
  6. marshallings
  7. marshalls
  8. Marshalltown
  9. Marshally
  10. marshalment
  11. marshals

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Adapted from Wiktionary: marshallings (page history and authors); marshalling (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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