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four-pointing

four-pointing is the present participle and gerund of four-point.

Meaning of four-point

Verb

four-point (third-person singular simple present four-points, present participle four-pointing, simple past and past participle four-pointed)

  1. (figuratively, transitive) To restrain (a prisoner or patient, etc.) on a bed or trolley with cuffs at both wrists and both ankles.

Questions about four-pointing

What is four-pointing the present participle and gerund of?
Four-pointing is the present participle and gerund of four-point.

Words near four-pointing in the dictionary

  1. four-penny nails
  2. four-point
  3. four-point Calvinist
  4. four-point Calvinists
  5. four-pointed
  6. four-pointing
  7. four-points
  8. four-poster
  9. four-poster bed
  10. four-poster beds
  11. four-posters

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