fleaking

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noun

In a thatched building: a light covering of reeds, over which the main covering is laid.

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Meanings

fleaking1

nounfleaking (uncountable)
  1. UKdialectalobsoleteuncountableIn a thatched building: a light covering of reeds, over which the main covering is laid.

    A narrow eaves-board being nailed across the feet of the spars, and some fleaking scattered on, the thatcher begins to “set his caves,” by laying a coat of reed[…]

    1787, John Collier, A View of the Lancashire Dialect, or, Tummus and Mar

fleaking2

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of fleak (synonym of flaking).

fleaking3

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of fleak (synonym of flecking).

Origin

fleaking · verb

See fleak.

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fleaking · verb

See fleak.

Full word history & related roots →

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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APA

fleaking. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fleaking

MLA

“fleaking.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fleaking. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fleaking,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fleaking.

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