Definition of Tubbings

1. tubbing [n] - See also: tubbing

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tubbings

tubar
tubas
tubate
tubatorsion
tubba
tubbable
tubbed
tubber
tubbers
tubbier
tubbies
tubbiest
tubbiness
tubbinesses
tubbing
tubbings (current term)
tubbish
tubby
tube
tube-nosed bat
tube-nosed fruit bat
tube-shaped
tube-shaped structure
tube-shell
tube-steak
tube cast
tube curare
tube feeding syndrome
tube feeding syndromes

Literary usage of Tubbings

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Ventilation in Mines by Robert Wabner, Charles Salter (1903)
"On this account tubbings are now made of sheet-zinc pipe, or preferably of ... (1) As a rule, it is better to blow the air through the tubbings than to ..."

2. The Efficiency of Pumps and Ejectors by Edward Cyril Bowden-Smith (1920)
"EJECTORS may be placed in cast-iron tubbings or masonry chambers. For many reasons the cast-iron tubbing is to be preferred in water-logged ground. ..."

3. The Efficiency of Pumps and Ejectors by Edward Cyril Bowden-Smith (1920)
"CHAPTER VI SINKING AND ERECTION OF CAST-IRON tubbings CAST-IKON ... EJECTORS may be placed in cast-iron tubbings or masonry chambers. ..."

4. A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames: With Special American Instances by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley (1901)
"Stewart. Stubbing. Stubbings, Stub- bins, Stubbin.—Local, ' of the tubbings,1 from residence beside a number of stumps or stocks of rees ; v. Stubbs (a). ..."

5. The School of Mines Quarterly by Columbia University School of Chemistry (1903)
"Each of the two larger tubbings would serve for hoisting purposes, ... Aside from the fact that by use of double tubbings the walls are reduced to a ..."

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