ratching
English
editVerb
editratching
- present participle and gerund of ratch
Noun
editratching (plural ratchings)
- The act of that which ratches or stretches.
- 2000, Michael Gelven, The Asking Mystery: A Philosophical Inquiry, page 169:
- The various ratchings of the torture wheel require what was gleaned before; but it is a descent of asking, not answering. At no stage on the level of torture do we discover what is the fundamental answer.