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nogging

nogging

9.9
Rough bricks placed between wood beams to fill gaps in a house wall
  • noun
  • /ˈnɒɡɪŋ/
  • UK
translation icon : mampostería
  • The builder used nogging to create sturdy walls between the wooden frames of the house.

Examples

  • After inspecting the nogging, the architect decided it needed to be reinforced for safety.

  • The old cottage featured beautiful nogging that added character to its timber structure.

  • A nogging of ale, a pipkin of porter... a stoup of stout or a beaker of beer?

    The Gay Divorcee (1934)

Surface Forms

nogging singular
noggings plural

Morphology

nogging = nog (opaque) = nog + ing

The word is historically built from 'nog' + '-ing', but the architectural sense 'brickwork used to fill spaces between timbers' is not readily guessable from the base word alone.

Etymology

Nogging comes from an old word nog meaning 'a small block' or 'lump', and it names the pieces of brick or wood used to fill the spaces between timbers. So, think of little blocks, or 'nogs', filling a frame to make a wall strong.