Word: hounding
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: hound
ing
Definition: The part of a mast below the hounds and above the deck.
Morphemes:
Affix: hound
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: Projections at the masthead, serving as a support for the trestletrees and top to rest on.
Affix: -ing
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form uncountable nouns from verbs denoting the act of doing something, an action.