ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Rulering

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech verb

Quick meaning: Rulering is a verb meaning present participle and gerund of ruler.

Meaning

present participle and gerund of ruler.

More Meanings

  1. A spanking with a ruler.

Example Sentences

The rest of the half-year is a jumble in my recollection of the daily strife and struggle of our lives; […] of the alternation of boiled beef with roast beef, and boiled mutton with roast mutton; of clods of bread-and-butter, dog’s-eared lesson-books, cracked slates, tear-blotted copy-books, canings, rulerings, hair-cuttings, rainy Sundays, suet-puddings, and a dirty atmosphere of ink, surrounding all.

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Related dictionary entries include rule, head, officer, leadership, boss, leader.

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