# skilling

Pronunciation: say "SKIL-ing" /ˈskɪɫɪŋ/

## Verb

1. Present participle of skill. — present participle and gerund of skill
   - Simple: The "-ing" form of skill. Use it for an action happening now or as a name for the activity.
   - _Many firms are skilling their employees to handle increasing automation._
   - _Skilling the workforce in modern methods became the factory's main goal._

## Noun

2. A Scandinavian monetary unit and coin used until the 19th century, a subdivision of the riksdaler in Sweden and of the rigsdaler and speciedaler in Denmark and Norway.
   - Simple: An old coin once used in Sweden, Denmark, and Norway, worth only a small part of a bigger coin.
3. A bay of a barn: one of the interior divisions, set apart by the main upright timbers.
   - Simple: One section of a barn, set off by the main upright posts.
   - _The farmer swept out the empty skilling before the harvest came in._
   - _Grain filled the barn's three skillings well before autumn ended._
4. A small extension or outbuilding added onto a cottage.
   - Simple: A small room or shelter built onto the side of a cottage.
   - _A low skilling extended from the cottage's north wall._
   - _The cottagers used the skilling to shelter their tools and firewood._

## Origin

**Meaning 1** — This word comes from the verb "skill".
**Meaning 2** — This comes from the Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish word "skilling", and is a doublet of "shilling".

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/skilling (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).