rodding
noun1
Business, Construction, Manufacturing The process of reinforcing concrete with metal rods.
2
Medicine, Sciences The insertion of a metal rod or nail into the cavity of a bone, to treat deformity or fracture.
3
Engineering, Mechanical, Mechanical engineering, Natural sciences, Physical sciences A system of rods etc. used for movement.
- Anything that reverses the direction of movement in a length of point rodding will act as a compensator over an equal length on each side of it; […].1944 July and August, “The Why and the Wherefore: Point-Rod Compensators”, in Railway Magazine, page 256: