seating

1. (gerund) The act of one that seats.Examples: "The seating of passengers will begin soon."countablegerunduncountable

2. (uncountable) The provision of chairs or other places for people to sit.Examples: "There is plenty of comfortable seating."; "Above the concourse, the underneath of the platforms has been clad with attractive wood panelling, while the columns holding them up are surrounded with seating - for use by passengers biding their time waiting for their trains, or who have used one of the 70-or-so eateries or shops that form part of the retail developments at the station."uncountable

3. (countable) A period of time in which people are allowed into a performance, a meal, etc., to be seated.Examples: "The first seating begins at 5 o'clock."; "an exclusive restaurant offering just ten spaces per seating"countable

4. (obsolete) Haircloth.countableobsoleteuncountable

5. (mechanics) Collectively, the various fitted supports of the parts of a structure or of a machine; a housing in which a component is seated.countableuncountable

6. (shipbuilding) That part of the floor which rests on the keel.countableuncountable