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| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : wawl |
| Phonetic Transcription : wɔl |
Definition of walling
Origin :- Old English weall "rampart" (natural as well as man-made), also "defensive fortification around a city, side of a building, interior partition," an Anglo-Frisian and Saxon borrowing (cf. Old Saxon, Old Frisian, Middle Low German, Middle Dutch wal) from Latin vallum "wall, rampart, row or line of stakes," apparently a collective form of vallus "stake." Swedish vall, Danish val are from Low German.
- In this case, English uses one word where many languages have two, e.g. German Mauer "outer wall of a town, fortress, etc.," used also in reference to the former Berlin Wall, and wand "partition wall within a building" (cf. the distinction, not always rigorously kept, in Italian muro/parete, Irish mur/fraig, Lithuanian muras/siena, etc.).
- Phrase up the wall "angry, crazy" is from 1951; off the wall "unorthodox, unconventional" is recorded from 1966, American English student slang. Wall-to-wall (adj.) recorded 1953, of carpeting; metaphoric use (usually disparaging) is from 1967.
- As in bar : verb secure, usually with a length of material
- As in immure : verb confine
- As in mew : verb enclose
- As in fence : verb enclose or separate an area
- Cortona, Volterra, Fiesole, and other towns exhibit instances of this walling.
- Extract from : « Architecture » by Thomas Roger Smith
- I showed the letter to Walling, and he volunteered to undertake the job.
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- The examination of Walling by the mayor was severe to a remarkable degree.
- Extract from : « The Mysterious Murder of Pearl Bryan » by Unknown
- Can you account for Jackson and Walling the night preceding the finding of the body?
- Extract from : « The Mysterious Murder of Pearl Bryan » by Unknown
- On the other hand Walling was to all appearance the coolest man in the room.
- Extract from : « The Mysterious Murder of Pearl Bryan » by Unknown
- The latter was placed at the head of the coffin and Walling near the foot.
- Extract from : « The Mysterious Murder of Pearl Bryan » by Unknown
- The subject of lynching the fiends,—Walling and Jackson—was freely discussed.
- Extract from : « The Mysterious Murder of Pearl Bryan » by Unknown
- And in the meantime he had a conversation with Walling about the subject.
- Extract from : « The Mysterious Murder of Pearl Bryan » by Unknown
- When Walling was seen, he appeared to be in much better spirits than Jackson.
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- To which Walling answered: "You show in your eyes that you are lying."
- Extract from : « The Mysterious Murder of Pearl Bryan » by Unknown
Synonyms for walling
- barricade
- block
- block off
- blockade
- bolt
- bound
- box up
- cage
- caulk
- circle
- circumscribe
- clog
- cloister
- close
- close in
- confine
- coop
- corral
- cover
- dam
- deadbolt
- defend
- dike
- encase
- encircle
- encompass
- enfold
- enshroud
- entomb
- environ
- fasten
- fence
- fence off
- fortify
- girdle
- guard
- hedge
- hem
- hem in
- imbue
- immure
- implant
- impound
- imprison
- incarcerate
- include
- induct
- insert
- intern
- jail
- jam
- latch
- limit
- lock
- lock in
- lock up
- mew
- mure
- pen
- plug
- protect
- rail
- restrict
- seal
- seclude
- secure
- set apart
- shut in
- shut up
- surround
- trammel
- veil
- wall
- wall in
- wrap
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