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sprigging

sprigging noun: ornamentation in the form of sprigs or sprays. Also the present participle and gerund of sprig.

Noun

sprigging (countable and uncountable, plural spriggings)

  1. ornamentation in the form of sprigs or sprays.
    • The use of spriggings on Ontario pottery, both stoneware and earthenware, extends back to the early 1850s.1976, Material History Review, numbers 1-6, page 15

Also used as

sprigging is also the present participle and gerund of sprig.

Forms of sprigging

pluralspriggings

Words formed from sprigging

Questions about sprigging

What does sprigging mean?
Sprigging means ornamentation in the form of sprigs or sprays.
What part of speech is sprigging?
Sprigging is a noun.
What is the plural of sprigging?
The plural of sprigging is spriggings.

Words near sprigging in the dictionary

  1. spriggans
  2. Sprigge
  3. sprigged
  4. sprigger
  5. spriggers
  6. sprigging
  7. spriggings
  8. spriggite
  9. Spriggs
  10. Spriggses
  11. spriggy

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