vbl. sb. [f. STUD v. + -ING1.]
1. The woodwork of a lath and plaster wall or partition; also pl. wood cut into battens for use as studs.
1588. in Archæologia, LXIV. 366. Lett to Fogg all the studding and particions over the hall as for xx s.
1823. P. Nicholson, Pract. Builder, App. 70. Deal Battenings or Studdings, as they are called in many parts of the kingdom, are of various descriptions.
1868. Rep. U.S. Commissioner Agric. (1869), 277. Walls … clapboarded on the outside of the studding.
1899. R. Kipling, Stalky & Co., iii. 72. The rough studding of the lath and plaster wall under the dormer.
2. That with which a surface is studded.
1844. N. Paterson, Manse Gard., iii. 236. The crocus … is … perfectly beautiful as studding to a piece of smooth green sward.
1895. Outing, XXVII. 217/2. All were lovely, with their studdings of islands and brightly-tinted shores.
3. U.S. The height (of a room) from floor to ceiling; = STUD sb.1 3.
1884. Howells, Silas Lapham, iii. 54. Lapham promptly developed his ideas of black walnut finish, high studding, and cornices.
