studding

/S T AH1 D IH0 NG/
verb
  1. 1

    To set with studs; to furnish with studs.

  2. 2

    To be scattered over the surface of (something) at intervals.

  3. 3

    To set (something) over a surface at intervals.

noun
  1. 1

    The timber framework for a lath and plaster wall.

  2. 2

    A batten of wood for this framework.

  3. 3

    Anything with which a surface is studded.

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