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field dressing

field dressing is the present participle and gerund of field dress.

Noun

field dressing (countable and uncountable, plural field dressings)

  1. (gerund, uncountable) The act or process, or an instance, in which someone field dresses a game animal.
    • field dressing and skinning
  2. (countable, first aid) A dressing (bandage) applied in the field, as for example in battlefield medicine or in wilderness medicine.
    • applied a field dressing

Meaning of field dress

Verb

field dress (third-person singular simple present field dresses, present participle field dressing, simple past and past participle field dressed)

  1. To perform a basic gutting of a game animal, without more detailed procedures such as skinning.

Forms of field dressing

pluralfield dressings

Questions about field dressing

What does field dressing mean?
Field dressing means the act or process, or an instance, in which someone field dresses a game animal.
What is field dressing the present participle and gerund of?
Field dressing is the present participle and gerund of field dress.
What part of speech is field dressing?
Field dressing is a noun.
What is the plural of field dressing?
The plural of field dressing is field dressings.

Words near field dressing in the dictionary

  1. field day
  2. field days
  3. field dress
  4. field dressed
  5. field dresses
  6. field dressing
  7. field dressings
  8. field effect
  9. field effects
  10. field elm
  11. field elms

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