noun.
In iron ship-building, a foundation or support built up of plates and angle-bars for the machinery in the interior of a vessel: as, an engine-seating; a boiler-seating.
noun.
The act of placing on a seat; the act of furnishing with a seat or seats.
noun.
Textile material made for upholstering the seats of chairs, sofas, and the like; especially, haircloth.
noun.
plural In mech., collectively, the various fitted supports of the parts of a structure or of a machine.
noun.
In ship-building, that part of the floor which rests on the keel.