netting

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Pronunciation

/ˈnɛtɪŋ/

Definition of netting

3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

(countable, uncountable)Something that acts as, or looks like, a net.

“Who ever ſaw a noble ſight, / That never view'd a brave Sea Fight: / Hang up your bloody Colours in the Aire, / Up with your Fights, and your Nettings prepare, / Your Merry Mates chear, with a luſty bold ſpright, / Now each Man his brindice, and then to the Fight, […]”
“The term "radar netting" (fig 43) describes the process by which track data derived from several additional or remote radars are gathered at a single center to produce an integrated set of meaningful target information which can be distributed to all AD elements concerned. … Radar netting can provide concurrent coverage of a selected area by more than one radar.”

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noun

(countable, uncountable)Something that acts as, or looks like, a net.

“Who ever ſaw a noble ſight, / That never view'd a brave Sea Fight: / Hang up your bloody Colours in the Aire, / Up with your Fights, and your Nettings prepare, / Your Merry Mates chear, with a luſty bold ſpright, / Now each Man his brindice, and then to the Fight, […]”
“The term "radar netting" (fig 43) describes the process by which track data derived from several additional or remote radars are gathered at a single center to produce an integrated set of meaningful target information which can be distributed to all AD elements concerned. … Radar netting can provide concurrent coverage of a selected area by more than one radar.”
(UK, dialectal, obsolete, uncountable)Urine.

“Any undecente or noysome thinge as[…]Nettinge or Fylthe.”

verb