ˈshimming, vbl. n.
[f. shim v.2 + -ing1.]
1. Hoeing with a shim.
| 1792 Trans. Soc. Arts (ed. 2) III. 33 The middle of August, repeated the shimming. 1833 Ridgemont Farm Rep. 141 in Husb. (L.U.K.) III, This ‘shimming’ is..repeated when the beans have advanced to six inches in height. 1848 Jrnl. R. Agric. Soc. IX. ii. 557 Horse-hoeing, or what is locally called..‘shiming’. |
2. The insertion of shims; also, a shim, or shims collectively.
| 1884 Car-Builder's Dict. (Century Dict.), Shimming has been used in fitting on car-wheels when the wheel-seat of the axle was a little too small. |