Kettling
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Kettling is a noun meaning present participle and gerund of kettle.
Meaning
present participle and gerund of kettle.
More Meanings
- The situation where water gets trapped in the heat exchanger of a boiler (e.g. due to limescale build-up), resulting in knocking sounds as it turns into expanding steam.
- A crowd control technique, used by police, where a hostile group of protesters or rioters are surrounded and not allowed to disperse, sometimes with the use of temporary fencing to corral and isolate portions of the group.
Example Sentences
These are our young, screaming out in need, meriting not kettling and reprimands, but job prospects and dignity.
Word Forms
- kettlings
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include kettleful, boiler, tympani, tympanum, timpani, kettledrum.
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