▪ I. † reeding, n. Obs.
(See quot. and reading n.1)
| 1688 R. Holme Armoury iii. 348/2 Reedings..[is] House⁓wives Cloth made of Hemp or Flax. |
▪ II. reeding, vbl. n.
(ˈriːdɪŋ)
[f. reed v. + -ing1.]
1. The action of the verb in various senses.
| c 1440 Promp. Parv. 427/1 Redynge, of howsys. Arundinacio. 1710 D. Hilman Tusser Rediv. No. 5. 5 Reeding is no where so well done as in Norfolk and Suffolk... [It] will bear a better Slope than any other Thatch. 1885 Harper's Mag. July 256/1 Reeding and harnessing are subsidiary processes in putting the warp in proper shape on the loom. |
2. a. A small semicylindrical moulding (cf. reed n.1 12); ornamentation of this form.
| 1815 J. Smith Panorama Sc. & Art I. 173 Several beads placed together, or sunk in a flat face, are called reedings. 1854 F. Reinnel Carpenters' Compan. 50 When reeding is introduced on flat surfaces, there should always be an odd number. 1862 Rawlinson Anc. Mon. I. ii. vi. 362 The plaster of which they are composed is formed into sets of half pillars or reedings. |
b. The milling on the edge of coins. (Knight Dict. Mech. 1875.)
3. Comb. reeding-plane, a plane used for making reeds in wood.
| 1825 Jamieson Suppl. 1829 J. Elmes Metrop. Improv. 22 Wood scored by a carpenter's reeding plane. |