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gashings

gashings is the plural of gashing.

Meaning of gashing

Noun

gashing (plural gashings)

  1. The act of making a gash, or cut.
    • Nature prompts to the use of them; for the savage of the woods has the song and the ceremonies of his ancestors, and by the gashings and daubings with which he disfigures his form, denotes his tribe.1821, Theodore Dehon, Sermons, on the Public Means of Grace
  2. The roughing operation for worm gears.

Questions about gashings

What is gashings the plural of?
Gashings is the plural of gashing.

Words near gashings in the dictionary

  1. gashes
  2. gashful
  3. Gashgai
  4. Gashi
  5. gashing
  6. gashings
  7. Gashis
  8. gashly
  9. gasholder
  10. gasholders
  11. gashouse

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