Removing bones from meat or fish; or inserting stiffening material (bones) into fabric; slang for sexual intercourse.
From Old English 'ban,' the body part. The verb form evolved differently depending on context: culinary (removing bones), textile (adding support), or informal/slang usage.
The word 'boning' has three completely different meanings in three different fields—cooking, fashion, and slang—showing how a single root word can branch into specialized vocabularies that eventually mean almost opposite things.
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