Meanings
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of mould
plural mouldings
- UKalternativecountableuncountableAlternative spelling of molding.
The stateroom walls are veneered with finely figured English chestnut with the skirting and mouldings in English walnut.
1947 January and February, “South African Royal Train”, in Railway Magazine, page 362 more examples
It took a long time for the place to warm up and to counteract the cold and enable their fingers to cope with the delicate task of moulding, the men would often surround themselves with blocks of iron heated in the furnace.
1944 November and December, A Former Pupil, “Some Memories of Crewe Works—II”, in Railway Magazine, page 342To improve the appearance of the stepped roof a glass-fibre fairing, moulded to the corner radius, extends for the full length between the two cabs. The cab roof is a double-skin glass-fibre moulding.
1960 February 28, “High-Voltage Electric Locomotive for British Railways”, in Railway Magazine, pages 123, 125
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna decorative strip used for ornamentation or finishing
nounsculpture produced by molding
nouna preliminary sculpture in wax or clay from which a finished work can be copied
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
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