walling
Enclosing with barriers
Walling is the act of building or enclosing with walls.
In construction, it refers to the materials or structure forming walls: The old walling was crumbling.
To wall someone in or out is to confine or exclude them.
In climbing, walling means ascending a rock wall.
They spent the afternoon walling off the garden.
Building with mortared blocks
- brickworkConstruction from fired blocks
- mortarGrinding bowl or binder
- stoneworkConstruction using rock
- blockworkBuilding with stacked blocks
trowel · plaster · foundation · load-bearing · buttress · reinforced · scaffold · pointing
Fortified defensive wall
- barricadeObstacle blocking a path
- bulwarkDefensive fortification or safeguard
- parapetLow wall at edge
- battlementToothed fortress wall crown
stockade · palisade · defensive · siege · stronghold · fortress · perimeter · entrenchment
Combat with blunted blades
- hedgingNoncommittal maneuvering
- partitionBarrier separating spaces
- screeningEvaluative selection process
- corralFenced livestock enclosure
pen · paddock · compound · boundary · perimeter · demarcation · bordering · confining
Impeding forward progress
- shutting outBlocking from entering
- isolatingSetting apart from contact
- segregatingSeparating by category
- separatingDividing into parts
dividing · partitioning · screening · barring · obstructing · sealing off · cutting off · estranging
Root-form reduction process
- chimneyingRock climbing technique, opposing pressure
- bridgingConnecting separated things
- bracingRefreshingly keen or stimulating
- frictionResistance between touching surfaces
opposing · counterforce · crack · corner · dihedral · technique · footwork · body position
masonry
Building with mortared blocks
- brickworkConstruction from fired blocks
- mortarGrinding bowl or binder
- stoneworkConstruction using rock
blockwork · trowel · plaster · foundation · load-bearing · buttress · reinforced · scaffold · pointing · courses
rampart
Fortified defensive wall
battlement · stockade · palisade · defensive · siege · stronghold · fortress · perimeter · entrenchment · redoubt
fencing
Combat with blunted blades
- hedgingNoncommittal maneuvering
- partitionBarrier separating spaces
- screeningEvaluative selection process
corral · pen · paddock · compound · boundary · perimeter · demarcation · bordering · confining · sectioning
blocking
Impeding forward progress
- shutting outBlocking from entering
- isolatingSetting apart from contact
- segregatingSeparating by category
separating · dividing · partitioning · screening · barring · obstructing · sealing off · cutting off · estranging · distancing
stemming
Root-form reduction process
- chimneyingRock climbing technique, opposing pressure
- bridgingConnecting separated things
- bracingRefreshingly keen or stimulating
friction · opposing · counterforce · crack · corner · dihedral · technique · footwork · body position · ascending
- containingcontaining, enclosing, encasing, wrapping, enveloping
- fortifyingfortifying, reinforcing, barricading, shoring up, buttressing
- boundary termsfencing, hedging, bordering, edging, enclosing
- constructionconstruction site, building site, hammer, building, beam
- concealmentconceal, hiding, concealing, concealed, hide
- enclosurescage, pen, box, enclosure, case
wallingdemolition
Deliberate structural destruction
demolishing · tearing down · razing · wrecking · dismantling
wallingopening
Gap or start
breaching · exposing · clearing · connecting · unblocking
wallingopening up
Becoming less guarded
breaching · perforating · exposing · connecting · unifying
- walling upEnclosing with masonry
- walling offEnclosing by barrier construction
wall, wallet, walls, wallop, wallow, walled, wallpaper, drywall, wallflower