felting

felting is the present participle and gerund of felt.

Noun

felting (countable and uncountable, plural feltings)

The production of felt from wool.
The tangling of woolen fibres (such as when an article of clothing is washed at too high a temperature)
The hobby of making objects, such as soft toys, from felt.
Felt or similar material, usually impregnated with a water-resistant material, or the application of such material, usually to a roof.

felt (third-person singular simple present felts, present participle felting, simple past and past participle felted)

(transitive) To make into felt or a feltlike substance; to cause to adhere and mat together.
- the same Wool , for instance , one Men felts it into a Hat, another weaves it into Cloth , another weaves it into Kersey or Sergea. 1677 (date written), Matthew Hale, The Primitive Origination of Mankind, Considered and Examined According to the Light of Nature, London: […] William Godbid, for William Shrowsbery, […]...
(transitive) To cover with, or as if with, felt.
- to felt the cylinder of a steam engine
(transitive) To cause (a player) to lose all their chips.
(Internet, broadly, transitive) To thoroughly defeat or humiliate (someone).

plural	feltings

What does felting mean?: Felting means the production of felt from wool.
What is felting the present participle and gerund of?: Felting is the present participle and gerund of felt.
What part of speech is felting?: Felting is a noun.
What is the plural of felting?: The plural of felting is feltings.

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Last updated: 2026-09-02

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