toothing

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   bricks or stones left projecting alternately at the end of a wall so that a later extension can be bonded to it

   The mason left a vertical line of toothing for the planned east wing.

2. 2
   noun

   the process or result of furnishing an edge, tool, or surface with toothlike projections

   The workshop uses a milling cutter for the precise toothing of each gear.

Formed from tooth + -ing. The technical senses apply the shape or interlocking function of teeth to projecting masonry and to serrated or geared objects; the construction sense can also be used figuratively for what prepares a later continuation.

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