kettling (English, noun)
expansion: kettling (usually uncountable, plural kettlings)
Senses:
glosses: 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.
tags: uncountable
usually
glosses: The situation where water gets trapped in the heat exchanger of a boiler (e.g. due to limescale build-up), resulting in knocking sounds as it turns into expanding steam.
tags: uncountable
usually
Forms:
form: kettlings
tags: plural