A-building
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adverb
Quick meaning: A-building is an adverb meaning Being built or under construction, as a structure or a vessel.
Meaning
Being built or under construction, as a structure or a vessel.
Example Sentences
This talk brought us up to the house that was a-building, not a large one, which stood at the end of a beautiful orchard surrounded by an old stone wall.
"Of these nineteen ships a-building no more than two can take the water before a month be past, and but seven more ere six months' time, push we never so mightily the work."
Word Forms
- abuilding
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include boatside, aloft, harborward, carve out, closet, pull in.
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