# reeding

Pronunciation: say "REED-ing" /ˈɹiːdɪŋ/

## Noun

1. Ornamental molding made of narrow, parallel raised strips that look like a row of reeds.
   - Simple: A decoration made of thin lines side by side that look like reeds.
   - _The mahogany bedposts are carved with fine reeding from top to bottom._
   - _A band of reeding softens the edge of the marble mantelpiece._
2. The milling, a series of fine ridges, along the edge of a coin.
   - Simple: The tiny lines cut around the edge of a coin.
   - _Counterfeit coins often give themselves away with shallow or uneven reeding._
   - _The dime's reeding had worn almost smooth after decades in circulation._

## Verb

3. Present participle and gerund of reed. — present participle and gerund of reed
   - Simple: Present participle and gerund of reed. Use it after is, are, or was, or as the name of the action.
   - _The thatchers spent a week reeding the barn roof before the autumn rains._
   - _The mint is reeding the new silver coins on a press built for the job._

## Noun

4. The craft of covering a roof with thatch, or the thatch itself. *(obsolete)*
   - Simple: Covering a roof with dry straw or reeds, or the straw cover itself.
   - _The cottage's reeding had grown thin and mossy over the years._
   - _Reeding is slow work, done bundle by bundle up the slope of the roof._

## Origin

From Middle English redynge, equivalent to reed + -ing.

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