bulkheading

American  

[buhlk-hed-ing] / ˈbʌlkˌhɛd ɪŋ /

noun

1. the construction of bulkheads; bulkheads in general.

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Etymology

Origin of bulkheading

bulkhead + -ing ¹

Example Sentences

Steven Ross said on Thursday that the issue caused passengers to "tumble about" and for the sub to crash into bulkheading, leaving one passenger "hanging upside down" and others hanging on inside.

From BBC

Many were destroyed or landlocked by bulkheading in the 1920s and then by the arrival of Beach Channel Drive, a new bay-front parkway in the ’30s.

From New York Times

Smith followed the ore track until he came to the bulkheaded entrance flanked by empty storage bins, and to the lock of a small door framed in the bulkheading he applied a key.

From Project Gutenberg

Finally pumped dry, the Lafayette will still heel over until tons of bulkheading and refuse are removed.

From Time Magazine Archive

This indicates enormous armor protection and underwater bulkheading.

From Time Magazine Archive