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• present participle of deck.

decking

American  

[dek-ing] / ˈdɛk ɪŋ /

noun

1. material, as paper or fiberboard, treated in various ways as a waterproof covering for a deck or roof.

2. material of concrete, asbestos, steel, or the like, in the form of self-supporting flooring or roofing units laid between joists or rafters.

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decking British  

/ ˈdɛkɪŋ /

noun

1. a wooden deck or platform, esp one in a garden for deckchairs, etc

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Etymology

Origin of decking

First recorded in 1525–35; deck + -ing ¹

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Example Sentences

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decking

The design tends to overwhelm the drama, like giant swaths of bunting decking out a puppet show.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

But there’s nothing charming about composite decking, which is what I found myself researching when our wood started rotting under the weight of New England winter.

From Slate ● Oct. 28, 2026

The Nevada truck, he says, was delivering to a company that uses chips in a composite decking product.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026

The elderly caller in mid-Wales who had slipped on decking was put through to the falls desk - initially set up as a pilot to handle around a thousand calls a day of this nature.

From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026

McNeish began refitting the twenty-two-foot-long Caird for the journey, decking it over with packing crate lids and canvas, and raising the sides.

From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong

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