bonfirings
bonfirings is the plural of bonfiring.
Meaning of bonfiring
Noun
bonfiring (plural bonfirings)
- The act of firing pottery using a bonfire.
- Most women's traditions involve open firing such as bonfiring, pitfiring, or a fire surrounded by a low wall. More unusually, in Cyprus, Colombia and the Canaries individual potters have their own kilns.2000, Moira Vincentelli, “Gender, Technology and Technique”, in Women and Ceramics: Gendered Vessels, Manchester; New York, N.Y.: Manchester University Press, →ISBN, page 42
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- What is bonfirings the plural of?
- Bonfirings is the plural of bonfiring.
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