clogging

1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of clog

plural cloggings

1. The situation of something being clogged.

   The biofilm is allowed to develop uninhibited which leads to local cloggings.

   2002, M. Henze, Wastewater Treatment: Biological and Chemical Processes

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   This feature has been found effective in reducing injector trouble, resulting either from the clogging of sieves or the choking of the annular orifices of the injectors by fine particles of coal.

   1957 October 28, “Modification of "West Country" Class Pacific”, in Railway Magazine, page 731

2. The material that clogs or obstructs.

   No cloggings, lumps of dirt, or underlocks should be suffered to be rolled up with the fleece, as such a practice is unfair to the purchaser, and by act of parliament there is a heavy penalty attached to those who are convicted of doing it.

   1839, British Farmer's Magazine, volume 3, page 187