bering

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See also: Bering and beRing

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)

  1. (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

  • Hyphenation: be‧ring

Noun

bering

  1. bearing, ball bearing