ratching

The act of that which ratches or stretches.

Noun

  1. The act of that which ratches or stretches.
    • The various ratchings of the torture wheel require what was gleaned before; but it is a descent of asking, not answering. At no stage on the level of torture do we discover what is the fundamental answer. - 2000,...

Forms

ratchings

Verb

  1. present participle and gerund of ratch