different between coaming vs coating

English

Etymology

From earlier coming, apparently from comb (“crest”) +? -ing; however, exact origin uncertain.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k??.m??/

Noun

coaming (plural coamings)

1. (nautical) On a boat, the vertical side of above-deck structures, such as the coach roof, hatch, and cockpit.
2. A raised frame, designed to deflect or prevent entry of water, around an opening (e.g., a hatch or skylight) in a flat surface, such as a roof or deck.
   • 1979, Cormac McCarthy, Suttree, Random House, p.92:

     Creepers threaded the wrecked windows of the coaches, ancient and chalky brown with their riveted seams and welted coamings like something proofed for descents into the sea.

Translations

Further reading

• coaming on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• camoing

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?k??t??/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?ko?t??/, [?k?o?????]
  • Homophone: coding
• Rhymes: -??t??

Noun

coating (plural coatings)

1. A thin outer layer.

   They painted on a coating to protect it from the weather.

2. (archaic) Cloth for making coats.
3. (law enforcement slang) A telling-off; a reprimand.
   • 1931, The Police Journal (volume 4, page 501)

     The bogey gave him a right coating.

Translations

Verb

coating

1. present participle of coat

   We spent hours coating the truffles with cocoa powder so they wouldn't be sticky.

Anagrams

• angio-CT, angioCT, cognati, cotinga, tacoing