gearing

plural gearings

1. countableuncountableThe ratio of a system of gears.

   The 4×4 could climb well, as it had relatively low gearing.

2. countableuncountableHarness; working implements.
3. countableuncountableA train of toothed wheels and pinions.

   Hoisting, derricking, slewing, and travelling are by means of independent 600-volt motors through reduction gearing.

   1956 May, “London Transport Diesel-Electric Cranes”, in Railway Magazine, page 337

4. countableuncountablebusinessSynonym of leverage (“debt-to-equity ratio”).

   Synonyms: leverage

1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of gear

plural Gearings

1. A surname.