[f. TRUNK v.2 + -ING1.] The action of TRUNK v.2: a. in sense 2; also attrib.
1838. Civil Eng. & Arch. Jrnl., I. 409/2. The engine was working … a trunking machine.
1839. De la Beche, Rep. Geol. Cornw., etc., xv. 579. The trunking by machinery … was introduced at St. Ives, according to Mr. Henwood, about the year 1825.
1839. Ure, Dict. Arts, 1245. The portion B is to be washed again in the trunking-box.
1881. Raymond, Mining Gloss., Trunking (Cornw.), separating slimes by means of a trunk.
1884. C. G. W. Lock, Workshop Receipts, Ser. III. 53/1. A revolving ‘trunking’ apparatus.
b. in sense 3; also concr.
1838. Civil Eng. & Arch. Jrnl., I. 383/2. Perfect drainage and good trunking,… if these are not attained, roads constructed on bog will lose their shape, become ruinous, and soon go to decay. Ibid. Upon this trunking is to be laid a soling.
1883. Science, II. 99/1. A ‘trunking’ or wooden covering is then placed over them to protect them from snow and the feet of any one walking about the yard.
