barring1 (baring)

[Verbal n. of bar1.] In mining, timber used for supporting the roof or sides of shafts. [Eng.] barring2 (bär'ing), ppr. as prep. [Prop. ppr. of bar1.] Excepting; leaving out of the account; apart from: as, barring accidents, I shall be there. [Colloq.] Little writing-desks, constructed after the fashion of those used by the judges of the land, barring the French polish. Dickens.