Definition of Neckings

1. necking [n] - See also: necking

Lexicographical Neighbors of Neckings

neckedness
necker
necker's knob
necker's knobs
necker knob
necker knobs
neckerchief
neckerchiefs
neckerchieves
neckers
neckes
neckgear
neckgears
neckhair
necking
neckings (current term)
necklace
necklace of Venus
necklace poplar
necklace tree
necklaced
necklacelike
necklaces
necklacing
neckland
necklands
neckless
necklet
necklets
necklike

Literary usage of Neckings

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. An Essay on the Origin and Prospects of Man by Thomas Hope (1831)
"neckings, are partly by the pressure from the body elongating outward, ... and which they continue to take in, appears, since these neckings, wherever they ..."

2. Architectural Description of Kirkstall Abbey by William Henry St. John Hope, John Bilson (1907)
"As to the neckings of the capitals, those to the sedilia on the south side ... 72), a profile which also occurs in the north transept.1 The neckings of the ..."

3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"The second variety is composed of similar shafts, capitals, and neckings; but there are similar bands or necking on the bud itself, and a sort of short rods ..."

4. Corinth: The Centenary, 1896-1996 by Charles K. Williams, Nancy Bookidis (2002)
"Unfluted neckings on columns at the Argive Heraion are thought by him ... indicate that bronze neckings were once added to these columns, but there is no ..."

5. Treatise on Architecture, Including the Arts of Construction, Building by William Hosking, Arthur Ashpitel, Thomas Tredgold, Thomas Young, John Robinson (1867)
"The next variety is composed of similar shafts, capitals, and neckings; but there are similar bands or necking on the bud itself, and a sort of short rods ..."

6. The Archaeological Journal by British Archaeological Association (1909)
"Exceptions at Kirkstall are the neckings of the capitals to the sedilia on the south side of the presbytery, which have a quirked bead between two chamfers, ..."

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