graining

British  

/ ˈɡreɪnɪŋ /

noun

1. the pattern or texture of the grain of wood, leather, etc

2. the process of painting, printing, staining, etc, a surface in imitation of a grain

3. a surface produced by such a process

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Example Sentences

You can try some of the old techniques that are still used, such as satin brushing and circular graining.

From New York Times • Jul. 10, 2023

The first recorded flood was in 1780, just a few years after three Quaker brothers from Bucks County, Pa. — Joseph, Andrew and John Ellicott — founded what became a center of milling and graining.

From Washington Post • Aug. 8, 2016

Nohnan Lounsberry of Wilmington, for instance, received an 1873 patent for improving a machine for “pebbling and graining wet skins.”

From Washington Times • Mar. 12, 2016

Trying to understand why we were graining the tyres was a bit more difficult but I think we understand where the damage was being done now after the simulator day.

From The Guardian • Jun. 22, 2012

For graining woods use darker tint with a greater proportion of red.

From An Introduction to Machine Drawing and Design by Low, David Allan