fleaking
English
[edit]Etymology 1
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Noun
[edit]fleaking (uncountable)
- (British, dialectal, obsolete) In a thatched building: a light covering of reeds, over which the main covering is laid.
- 1787, John Collier, A View of the Lancashire Dialect, or, Tummus and Mar:
- A narrow eaves-board being nailed across the feet of the spars, and some fleaking scattered on, the thatcher begins to “set his caves,” by laying a coat of reed […]
Etymology 2
[edit]See fleak.
Verb
[edit]fleaking
- present participle and gerund of fleak (synonym of flaking)
Etymology 3
[edit]See fleak.
Verb
[edit]fleaking
- present participle and gerund of fleak (synonym of flecking)
Further reading
[edit]- “fleaking”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.