Meaning & use
nogging
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Short horizontal pieces of brick, timber, or other material used to fill the spaces between studs or joists in a timber-framed wall.
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The builders added nogging between the studs to strengthen the wall before plastering.
Old cottages often used brick nogging as fireproofing within their timber frames.
A note on using this word
A specialized construction term, most common in British and Australian building trades, describing infill blocking rather than the frame itself.
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