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beetlings

beetlings is the plural of beetling.

Meaning of beetling

Noun

beetling (plural beetlings)

  1. The process by which fabrics, etc. are beetled, or beaten with a mallet.
  2. A jutting or protrusion.
    • These gave place at last to things less and less unspeakable; till at last, from beneath the very brow of the beetlings and the menacings of the Terror Stone came the audible words of Pierre:—1852, Herman Melville, Pierre; or The Ambiguities

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Questions about beetlings

What is beetlings the plural of?
Beetlings is the plural of beetling.

Words near beetlings in the dictionary

  1. beetles
  2. beetleskin
  3. beetleskins
  4. beetleweed
  5. beetling
  6. beetlings
  7. beetloaf
  8. beetly
  9. Beeton
  10. Beetonian
  11. Beetown

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