fouling

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fouling

/ˈfaʊlɪŋ/

Sounds like fowling · Rhymes with -aʊlɪŋ

verb

gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of foul A new type of fouling point indicator is being tried out by the London Transport Executive. Until now the standard method of indicating the point nearest to a junction of two stabling roads where a train can stand without fouling the adjacent road has been by fixing the letters "FP" [fouling point]

noun foulings

countable, uncountable The adhesion of a foreign material onto a surface, especially so as to reduce its functionality. Probably, rifling evolved from the early observation of the feathers on an arrow-and from the practical results of cutting channels in a musket, originally to reduce fouling, then because it was found to improve accuracy of the shot.

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@misc{fouling_2026,
  title = {fouling},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/fouling},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}