bridging

[ brij-ing ]

noun

, Building Trades.

1. a brace or an arrangement of braces fixed between floor or roof joists to keep them in place.

bridging

/ ˈbrɪdʒɪŋ /

noun

1. one or more timber struts fixed between floor or roof joists to stiffen the construction and distribute the loads
2. mountaineering a technique for climbing a wide chimney by pressing left hand and foot against one side of it and right hand and foot against the other side
3. rugby Union an illegal move in which a player leans down and forward onto the body of a prone player in a ruck, thereby preventing opposing players from winning the ball by fair rucking

Word History and Origins

Origin of bridging¹

First recorded in 1830–40; bridge ¹ + -ing ¹

Example Sentences

Hidalgo has indicated that she plans to expand on climate policies pioneered in Paris, turning France into a low-carbon economy, while reducing inequality and bridging class divides.

From Quartz

“Georgia certainly was one of the top places that we were looking at for threats to election officials,” said Nealin Parker, co-director of the Bridging Divides Initiative, a project based at Princeton University.

From ProPublica

Bridging the divide between the police and those who distrust them will take more than protests and symbolic gestures.

From The Daily Beast

The best, or at least most successful, are bridging the gap between punk-rock DIY ethos and social-media savvy.

From The Daily Beast

Bridging the world of The Patty Duke Show and Mary Tyler Moore, That Girl was a game changer.

From The Daily Beast

Phillips and her co-authors suggest that work activities may be better-suited than social ones for bridging racial divides.

From The Daily Beast

He talks about bridging the much-discussed military-and-civilian divide.

From The Daily Beast

Now it is well understood that in many positions this system is the simplest and most economical method of bridging.

From Project Gutenberg

There were many engineering difficulties to be overcome, the chiefest of which was the bridging of the Motagua River.

From Project Gutenberg

His earnestness impresses her ladyship; trust a bright girl for bridging over a trifling difficulty such as this.

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And he rushed into work, into danger, when he thought of that; risked terrible leaps in “Bridging the Abyss.”

From Project Gutenberg

Those gantries furnish us with an example of another sort of construction in wood which can be and is often used in bridging.

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