Scaling
['skelɪŋ]
Definition
(noun.) ascent by or as if by a ladder.
(noun.) act of measuring or arranging or adjusting according to a scale.
(noun.) the act of arranging in a graduated series.
Editor: Maynard--From WordNet
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Scale
(a.) Adapted for removing scales, as from a fish; as, a scaling knife; adapted for removing scale, as from the interior of a steam boiler; as, a scaling hammer, bar, etc.
(a.) Serving as an aid in clambering; as, a scaling ladder, used in assaulting a fortified place.
Checker: Maryann
Examples
- A full equipment of scaling ladders and fire-fighting apparatus is carried. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Resisting Sam's tender of his greatcoat, in order that he might have no encumbrance in scaling the wall, he set forth, followed by his attendant. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Some turn off from their voluntary pilgrimage down the Iss, and, scaling the awful walls of its canyon below us, stop in the valley. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- These outlaws have indeed a daring captain; but without machines, scaling ladders, and experienced leaders, my castle may defy them. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- The officer turned suddenly from the path, and after climbing a paling, and scaling a hedge, entered a secluded field. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- In the patient solving of tremendous problems he had toiled up the mountain-side of success--scaling its topmost peak and obtaining a view of the boundless prospect. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Who could arrest a creature capable of scaling the overhanging sides of Mont Salêve? Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
Edited by Charlene