troughing

English

Verb

troughing

  1. present participle and gerund of trough

Noun

troughing (countable and uncountable, plural troughings)

  1. A system of troughs.
    troughing for signalling cables
    • 1958 May, “Widening at Dun Laoghaire, C.I.E.”, in Railway Magazine, page 342:
      The decking of the bridge consisted of steel troughing over an average clear span of 26 ft., the troughing being filled in with concrete to form the road surface.