slating

[ sley-ting ]

noun

1. the act or work of covering something with slates.
2. materials for roofing with slates.

slating

¹

/ ˈsleɪtɪŋ /

noun

1. informal.
   a severe reprimand or critical attack

slating

²

/ ˈsleɪtɪŋ /

noun

1. the act or process of laying slates
2. slates collectively, or material for making slates

Other Words From

• un·slating adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of slating¹

First recorded in 1565–75; slat(e) ¹ + -ing ¹

Example Sentences

The company is slating at least $1 billion to pay for severance and other related costs alone.

From The Daily Beast

A bailee received some cheese and gave a receipt slating that it was to be kept at the owner's risk of loss from water.

From Project Gutenberg

It fell to a critic on the Westminster Gazette to do the out and out "slating."

From Project Gutenberg

Or, slake lime in tar, and into it dip sheets of the thickest brown paper, to be laid on in the manner of slating.

From Project Gutenberg

Wy, it's worth a fair six d a week jest to see 'em a slating Old Chips!

From Project Gutenberg

And this was all the result of the slating the press gave to Mavis Clare!

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