'deading' definitions:

Definition of 'deading'

From: GCIDE
  • Lagging \Lag"ging\, n.
  • 1. (Mach.) The clothing (esp., an outer, wooden covering), as of a steam cylinder, applied to prevent the radiation of heat; a covering of lags; -- called also deading and cleading. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Lags, collectively; narrow planks extending from one rib to another in the centering of arches. [1913 Webster]