Word: kettling
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: kett
ling
Definition: A crowd control technique, used by police, where a hostile group of protesters or rioters are surrounded and not allowed to disperse, sometimes with the use of temporary fencing to corral and isolate portions of the group.
Morphemes:
Affix: kettle
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To contain demonstrators in a confined area.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: catinus
Language: la
Decoded: catinus
Meaning: deep bowl, vessel for cooking up or serving food
Affix: -ing
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form uncountable nouns from verbs denoting the act of doing something, an action.