- present participle of deck.
decking
Americannoun
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material, as paper or fiberboard, treated in various ways as a waterproof covering for a deck or roof.
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material of concrete, asbestos, steel, or the like, in the form of self-supporting flooring or roofing units laid between joists or rafters.
noun
Etymology
Origin of decking
Example Sentences
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Every year a group of Dodgers fans rings in the start of baseball season in an especially Angeleno way: Decking themselves in all blue and hiking through Griffith Park’s peaks.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 24, 2024
Decking the halls is one of the few widely shared, or at least widely recognized, rituals we have.
From New York Times • Nov. 30, 2021
Decking that is spaced too tightly has a tendency to catch more debris.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 14, 2021
Decking the halls makes you a little less mindful about clicking on that email you thought came from your bank.
From Washington Post • Dec. 13, 2018
A leafless peach-tree bold Thought for him she smiled, I'm told; And, stirred by love, His sleeping sap did move, Decking each naked branch with green To show her that her look was seen!
From The Home Book of Verse — Volume 2 by Stevenson, Burton Egbert
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