▪ I. † ˈgulleting, vbl. n.1 Obs.
[f. gullet n. + -ing1.]
Swallowing, guzzling; = gulling vbl. n.1 Also with down.
| 1633 Hart Diet of Diseased i. xxviii. 129 After this gulletting downe of strong drinke, there insueth surfetting. 1651 Wittie Primrose's Pop. Err. ii. xii. 119 Too much gulleting..of hot drinks. |
▪ II. gulleting, vbl. n.2
(ˈgʌlɪtɪŋ)
[f. gullet n. or v. + -ing1.]
1. Making ‘gullets’ in saws; in Comb., as gulleting-file, gulleting-press.
| 1875 Knight Dict. Mech., Gulleting press, a press for punching or gulleting saw-blades. 1888 Lockwood's Dict. Mech. Engin., Gulleting, the deepening of the roots of the teeth of circular and gullet saws. |
2. U.S. In Comb. gulleting-stick, ‘a stick, notched at one end, used to extract a hook from a fish's mouth’ (Cent. Dict.). Cf. gulleter.
3. Shipbuilding. (See quot. 1869.)
| 1869 E. J. Reed Shipbuild. iv. 56 The groove or gulleting on the after side of the rudder post to receive the rudder was obtained by riveting on a solid piece of iron with a hollow in it. 1874 Thearle Naval Archit. 66 The fore piece D,..is fitted to receive the gulleting E, E. |