singling

English

Verb

singling

1. present participle and gerund of single

Noun

singling (plural singlings)

1. (distilling) Liquid collected from the wash, or fermented wort; low wine.
2. (rail transport) The reduction of a railway line from double to single track.
   • 1959 June, “Talking of Trains: North Eastern report”, in Trains Illustrated, page 293:

     […] associated with this project would be the singling of the line from Selby to Shipton Lane, 2½ miles from Market Weighton, and the working of this section on the one-engine-in-steam principle, […]

Anagrams

• gin sling, slinging

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From the verb singla.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²sɪŋlɪŋ/

Noun

singling f (definite singular singlinga, uncountable)

1. tinkling, jangling
   • 1911, Helge Marstein, Aurora: ein sjøroman:

     Clark saag, at her var ikkje alt som det skulde vera, og reiste seg kvasst, daa dei høyrde tunge stig og singling av jarn.

     Clark saw that everything was not as it should be, and rose abruptly when they heard heavy footsteps and the jangling of iron.

Further reading

• “singling” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.