costuming

costuming is the present participle and gerund of costume.

Noun

costuming (countable and uncountable, plural costumings)

Material for making costumes.
- In addition to men's suitings and ladies' costumings the firm also produces man-made fabrics for filtration and protective clothing.1973, Charles Hadfield, Alice Mary Hadfield, The Cotswolds: A New Study, page 203
The putting on of a costume; dressing up.
- […] but his sole real concern continues to be the posture in which his subject stands naked between his costumings.1996, Walter Benjamin, Marcus Paul Bullock, Michael William Jennings, Selected Writings: 1935-1938, page 9

costume (third-person singular simple present costumes, present participle costuming, simple past and past participle costumed)

To dress or adorn with a costume or appropriate garb.
- Seated on the carpet, by the side of this basin, was seen Mr. Rochester, costumed in shawls, with a turban on his head. His dark eyes and swarthy skin and Paynim features suited the costume exactly. He looked the very model of an Eastern emir, an agent or a victim of the bowstring.1847 October 16, Currer Bell [pseudonym; Charlotte Brontë], chapter XVIII, in Jane Eyre. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: Smith, Elder, and Co., […], →OCLC

plural	costumings

What does costuming mean?: Costuming means material for making costumes.
What is costuming the present participle and gerund of?: Costuming is the present participle and gerund of costume.
What part of speech is costuming?: Costuming is a noun.
What is the plural of costuming?: The plural of costuming is costumings.

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