Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Racking"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Rack \Rack\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Racked}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Racking}.] [See {Rack} that which stretches, or {Rock}, v.]
To amble fast, causing a rocking or swaying motion of the
body; to pace; -- said of a horse. --Fuller.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Racking \Rack"ing\, n. (Naut.)
Spun yarn used in racking ropes.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
racking
adj : causing great physical or mental suffering; "a wrenching
pain" [syn: {wrenching}]
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