Flitching

/ˈflɪtʃɪŋ/ noun

Definition

The process or technique of reinforcing wood beams with metal plates; the practice of cutting or processing flitches.

Etymology

From 'flitch' with gerund '-ing' (Old English '-ing'), which converts verbs and sometimes nouns into gerunds (noun forms of action).

Kelly Says

Flitching is one of those specialized carpentry terms that shows how trades develop their own vocabularies—once you name a technique and the structures using it, you've essentially created a profession around it, which is why building trades have so many unique words.

Translations

AMአማርኛ
ፍሊትችንግ
flit-ching
ARالعربية
لمعان
lima'an
BNবাংলা
ফ্লিচিং
flit-ching
CACatalà
flitching
flit-ching
CSČeština
flitching
flit-ching
DADansk
flitching
flit-ching
DEDeutsch
Flitschen
fliht-shen
ELΕλληνικά
φλιτching
flit-ching
ESEspañol
brizna
bree-th-nyah
FAفارسی
فلیتچینگ
flit-ching
FISuomi
flitching
flit-ching
FRFrançais
flitchage
flee-tah-shazh
GUGU
ફ્લિટચિંગ
flit-ching
HAHA
flitching
flit-ching
HEעברית
flitching
flit-ching
HIहिन्दी
चमक
chamak
HUMagyar
flitching
flit-ching
IDBahasa Indonesia
flitching
flit-ching
IGIG
flitching
flit-ching
ITItaliano
flitching
flit-ching
JA日本語
フリットチング
furit-chingu
KKKK
flitching
flit-ching
KMKM
ការវិល
ka-r vihl
KO한국어
플리칭
peul-i-ching
MRMR
फ्लिटचिंग
flit-ching
MSBahasa Melayu
flitching
flit-ching
MYမြန်မာ
ဖလစ်ချင်း
hlet-ching
NLNederlands
flitching
flit-ching
NONorsk
flitching
flit-ching
PAPA
ਫਲਿੱਚਿੰਗ
flit-ching
PLPolski
flitching
flit-ching
PTPortuguês
flitching
flit-ching
RORomână
flitching
flit-ching
RUРусский
блеск
blest
SVSvenska
flitching
flit-ching
SWKiswahili
flitching
flit-ching
TAதமிழ்
ஃப்ளிச்சிங்
flit-ching
TEతెలుగు
ఫ్లిచ్చిங్
flit-ching
THไทย
การกระพริบ
gaan kra-plib
TLTL
flitching
flit-ching
TRTürkçe
flitching
flit-ching
UKУкраїнська
блиск
blysk
URاردو
فلیچنگ
flit-ching
VITiếng Việt
flitching
flit-ching
YOYO
flitching
flit-ching
ZH中文
跳动
tiào dòng
ZUZU
flitching
flit-ching

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