English Dictionary

kettling

名詞

不可算名詞

A crowd control technique, used by police, where a hostile group of protesters or rioters are surrounded and not allowed to disperse, sometimes with the use of temporary fencing to corral and isolate portions of the group.

日本語の意味

警察が抗議者や暴徒などの群衆を物理的に囲い込み、解散させないように管理する群衆制御技法。 / 一時的なフェンスなどを用いて、敵対的な群衆を囲い込み、その行動を制限する手法。

The kettling of demonstrators by the police, which trapped them behind temporary barricades and prevented them from dispersing, prompted widespread criticism.

一時的な柵で人々を囲んで解散を許さない、警察による抗議者の囲い込みは大きな批判を招いた。

意味（1）

A crowd control technique, used by police, where a hostile group of protesters or rioters are surrounded and not allowed to disperse, sometimes with the use of temporary fencing to corral and isolate portions of the group.

意味（2）

The situation where water gets trapped in the heat exchanger of a boiler (e.g. due to limescale build-up), resulting in knocking sounds as it turns into expanding steam.