coring

[kawr-ing, kohr-]

noun

1. the act of removing a core or of cutting from a central part.

2. Geology, Mining.,  core.

Word History and Origins

Origin of coring¹

First recorded in 1865–70; core ¹ + -ing ¹

Example Sentences

Researchers used a special coring drill - a bit like a huge apple-corer - tethered to a research ship, to drill at depths of up to 500m.

From BBC

She joined Neff in pushing for the Thwaites collaboration to include ice coring, but a combination of competing priorities, perpetually bad weather, and difficult logistics stood in the way.

From Science Magazine

A mix of tests was used at the site including "coring", which involves the drilling and extraction of cylinders of concrete.

From BBC

While balancing on the small raft, they'd screw metal rods together to lower a long slender coring tube over 50 feet to the lake bottom.

From Science Daily

Arborists can’t tell how old a tree is without coring into it, but environmentalists said that based on its trunk size, the cedar may have been standing for 200 years.

From Seattle Times