"walling" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: wallings [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} walling (countable and uncountable, plural wallings)
  1. A group of walls. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-walling-en-noun-NJ5WAfKC
  2. Material used for walls. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-walling-en-noun-VOW6k929
  3. A method of torture in which a person's neck is encircled by a collar, which is then used to slam the person against a wall. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-walling-en-noun-3Fq9Xc1T Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 10 75 4 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 12 10 72 6 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 9 8 81 3
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: four-walling, walling wax

Verb

Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} walling
  1. present participle and gerund of wall Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: wall
    Sense id: en-walling-en-verb-i1AdfqFz

Inflected forms

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