Baulking
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Baulking is a verb meaning present participle and gerund of baulk.
Meaning
present participle and gerund of baulk.
More Meanings
- Alternative form of balking.
Example Sentences
I have seldom experienced such trying bafflings and baulkings of purpose.
What he meant was that in the old days a root-field would receive three or four ploughings in addition to the necessary baulkings.
Up jump half-a-dozen off the logs and baulkings, where they have been squatting, doubled up knee to nose, after the fashion of their class; and a volley of execrations, like a storm of grape, almost blows the two offenders off the wall.
Word Forms
- baulkings
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include balk, rafter, jib, resist, balking, balked.
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