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English
Etymology
From be- (prefix forming verbs from adjectives or nouns, usually with the sense ‘to make, become, or cause to be ’) + ring.
Pronunciation
Verb
bering (third-person singular simple present berings, present participle beringing, simple past and past participle beringed)
- (transitive, intransitive, dated) To encircle (something) with a ring or some other circular object (such as a shackle).
1900 December – 1901 October, Rudyard Kipling, chapter IX, in Kim (Macmillan’s Colonial Library; no. 414), London: Macmillan and Co., published 1901, →OCLC, page 235:[A]n elephant was captured for a time by the king's hunters and, ere he broke free, beringed with a grievous leg-iron.
Anagrams
Cebuano
Etymology
From English bearing.
Pronunciation
Noun
bering
- bearing, ball bearing