# studding

Pronunciation: say "STUD-ing" /ˈstʌdɪŋ/

## Verb

1. Present participle and gerund of stud. — present participle and gerund of stud
   - Simple: Present participle and gerund of stud. Use it after 'is', 'are' or 'was', or to name the action itself.
   - _The craftsman spent the afternoon studding the saddle with brass tacks._
   - _Small farms studding the valley floor came into view as the plane descended._

## Noun

2. The wooden frame behind a lath-and-plaster wall, made up of the upright studs to which the laths are fixed.
   - Simple: The wooden frame that a wall of thin wood strips and plaster is built on.
   - _Termites had eaten through much of the studding behind the kitchen wall._
   - _Once the studding was up, the crew nailed thin laths across it to hold the plaster._
3. A wooden batten used in the timber framework of a lath-and-plaster wall.
   - Simple: One piece of wood used in the frame of a lath and plaster wall.
   - _The carpenter set each studding upright and checked it with a level before nailing it._
   - _Water had rotted the bottom of three studdings along the back wall._
4. Anything set at points over a surface so as to stud it, such as ornamental knobs.
   - Simple: Things like small knobs or stones that are set all over a surface.
   - _The door's studding of iron nails had rusted to a dull brown._
   - _Brass studdings ran in neat rows along the lid of the old trunk._

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