slabbing
- present participle of slab.
Example Sentences
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The work of it was treated as a burden: the parting, the slabbing sulfur-scented grease to scalp for detangling, the heat pressing into a more manageable texture.
From Salon • Jan. 31, 2021
These, too far off to supply wood for firing or slabbing, still stood green and timbered, and looked down upon the havoc that had been made of the fair, pastoral lands.
From Australia Felix by Richardson, Henry Handel
Martha's cooking and the heavy work were slabbing muscle onto Waziri's lean, brown frame.
From Blind Man's Lantern by Schelling, George Luther
Numbers 3 and 4 are for slabbing or converting round logs into square timber.
From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Rose, Joshua
But I'd advise you to go to the sawmill for your planks, though I do understand the theory of slabbing.'
From Cedar Creek From the Shanty to the Settlement by Walshe, Elizabeth Hely
