Tubbing

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  • v. Present participle of tub.
  • n. The forming of a tub.
  • n. Collectively, materials for tubs.
  • n. A lining of timber or metal around the shaft of a mine, especially a series of cast-iron cylinders bolted together, used to enable those who sink a shaft to penetrate quicksand, water, etc., with safety.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The forming of a tub; also, collectively, materials for tubs.
  • n. A lining of timber or metal around the shaft of a mine; especially, a series of cast-iron cylinders bolted together, used to enable those who sink a shaft to penetrate quicksand, water, etc., with safety.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The art of making tubs.
  • n. Material for tubs.
  • n. In mining, a method of keeping out the water in sinking a shaft in very watery ground; also, the material employed for this.
  • n. The act or process of bathing or of being bathed in a tub; a tub-bath.
  • n. The act of racing in tubs. See tub-race.
  • Word Usage
    "As a rule, he and his mates rose betimes and, clad in slippers and pajamas, raced up and down the decks to keep their muscles in hard order, before descending for the tubbing which is the matin duty of every self-respecting British subject."
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