nogging

American  

[nog-ing] / ˈnɒg ɪŋ /

noun

1. masonry, as bricks, used to fill the spaces between studs or other framing members.

2. nog.

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nogging British  

/ ˈnɒɡɪŋ /

noun

1. Also called: nog.   dwang.  a short horizontal timber member used between the studs of a framed partition

2. masonry or brickwork between the timber members of a framed construction

3. a number of wooden pieces fitted between the timbers of a half-timbered wall

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Etymology

Origin of nogging

First recorded in 1815–25; nog ² + -ing ¹

Example Sentences

"That is a bald head!" he said upon seeing himself, giving his nogging a scratch.

From Fox News • Aug. 27, 2021

And this filling could take a variety of forms: plaster; "wattle-and-daub"; brick "nogging," with the bricks laid horizontally, in herring-bone, or helter-skelter; or mud and straw.

From Virginia Architecture in the Seventeenth Century by Forman, Henry Chandlee