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Definition of Steening
1. n. A lining made of brick, stone, or other hard material, as for a well.
Definition of Steening
1. Noun. The hard lining of a well. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Steening
1. a stone lining [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Steening
Literary usage of Steening
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Architectural Magazine (1838)
"certainty the nature of the soil at a greater depth than is required for the
foundations themselves. The operation of steening and doming wells, ..."
2. Experimental Essays on the Principles of Construction in Arches, Piers by William Bland (1862)
"Of the steening, or Masonry, of a Well, to prevent the Sides from falling in.
... The tendency of the earth against the steening at a is the same as the ..."
3. English Mechanic and World of Science: With which are Incorporated "the (1883)
"In order to do this, he must not dig too much on one side, otherwise this will
cause the steening to become crooked, and the well a winding one.—PJ I >. ..."
4. An Encyclopædia of Domestic Economy by Thomas Webster, William Parkes (1855)
"The thickness uf the steening is generally four inches, or half a brick, and the
well should be domed over with brick-work, leaving a man-hole twenty inches ..."
5. A History of the County of Surrey: Comprising Every Object of Topographical by Thomas Allen (1831)
"But all communication between the water in the well, and the lead coloured clay (at
the back of the steening) should be prevented, or the water in the well ..."
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