Meaning & use
a-building
An old-fashioned way of saying something is currently in the process of being built.
See it in a sentence
The old ballad describes a great ship a-building on the riverbank.
Neighbors watched with curiosity as a new barn went a-building down the lane.
A note on using this word
This 'a-' prefix before a gerund is archaic or dialectal, surviving mainly in older literature, folk songs, and set phrases.
Words with a similar meaning
under construction
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