Definition of "studding" [stud•ding]

• The wood framework of a wall or partition. (noun)
• Lumber cut for studs. (noun)
• Something with which a surface is studded. (noun)

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• "Minnie went for a leather look with peep-toe stiletto booties, while Hilary's frock had a little flow and studding."
• "His presence during virtually all the major dramas studding the club's history over the past three and a half decades – all except the miracle in Istanbul, perhaps – gives the 60-year-old Glaswegian a special place, perhaps a unique one, in the supporters' hearts, making him the only true heir to the kingdom established by Bill Shankly and consolidated by Bob Paisley."
• "And with pride, he went down a four-hundred foot cliff, on a pair of top-gallant studding - sail halyards bent together, to dislodge several dollars worth of stranded bullock hides, though all the acclaim he got from his mates was: "What a d-d fool you were to risk your life for half a dozen hides!""