netting Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a net of transparent fabric with a loose open weave
    gauze; veiling.
  2. noun creating nets
  3. verb make as a net profit
    clear; net; sack up; sack.
    • The company cleared $1 million
  4. verb yield as a net profit
    net; clear.
    • This sale netted me $1 million
  5. verb construct or form a web, as if by weaving
    web; net.
  6. verb catch with a net
    net; nett.
    • net a fish

WordNet

Net"ting noun
Etymology
From Net, n.
Definitions
  1. The act or process of making nets or network, or of forming meshes, as for fancywork, fishing nets, etc.
  2. A piece of network; any fabric, made of cords, threads, wires, or the like, crossing one another with open spaces between.
  3. (Naut.) A network of ropes used for various purposes, as for holding the hammocks when not in use, also for stowing sails, and for hoisting from the gunwale to the rigging to hinder an enemy from boarding. Totten.
Net"ting noun
Definitions
  1. Urine. Prov. Eng. Halliwell.

Webster 1913