boning UK /ˈbəʊnɪŋ/US /ˈboʊnɪŋ/ noun7 •The removal of bones from a carcass; filleting. •The arrangement of bones in a corset. •(slang, vulgar) An act of sexual intercourse.How is it possible that somebody who looks like Thinny can have sex with so many women? Where are all these girls out there begging for bonings in cars? — 2012 •Bone structure.She had substantial boning and a wider pelvic girdle than our larger bitch. — 2008 •The process or result of leveling using a boning rod.Boning is performed with boning rods, which exactly resemble T squares, as shown in fig 1 (page 265). — 1900 •The fertilization of a field with bone meal.Of the 84½ acres of pasture, 55 acres is one field, formerly eight, a mile distant from homestead ; it presents a good herbage, the result of repeated bonings. — 1872 •Placement of a curse by pointing with a bone, practiced by Australian aborigines; an act of pointing the bone.As I say, Stagirius's symptons may well resemble those of an Aboriginal victim of boning. — 2004 formsbonings
