placing

1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of place

plural placings

1. The action by which something is placed; placement; positioning.

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   There are, of course, certain differences of detail; for example, the placing of the safety valves on the boiler barrel behind the dome, which follows the practice in the Riddles 2-8-0 and 2-10-0 locomotives for the Ministry of Supply; but taken all in all, Britannia's boiler has a closer affinity with the Doncaster designs than with any other.

   1951 April, Stirling Everard, “A Matter of Pedigree”, in Railway Magazine, number 600, page 273

2. The condition of being placed.
3. The position of a competitor at the end of a race.