rodding

English

Verb

rodding

1. present participle and gerund of rod

Noun

rodding (countable and uncountable, plural roddings)

1. (construction) The process of reinforcing concrete with metal rods.
2. (medicine) The insertion of a metal rod or nail into the cavity of a bone, to treat deformity or fracture.
3. (mechanical engineering) A system of rods etc. used for movement.
   • 1944 July and August, “The Why and the Wherefore: Point-Rod Compensators”, in Railway Magazine, page 256:

     Anything that reverses the direction of movement in a length of point rodding will act as a compensator over an equal length on each side of it; […] .