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wooldings

wooldings is the plural of woolding.

Meaning of woolding

Noun

woolding (plural wooldings)

  1. The act of winding or wrapping anything with a rope, or rope-like material.
    • They[the people of Erromango] separate it [their hair] into small locks, which they woold or cue round with the rind of a slender plant, down to about an inch of the ends; and, as the hair grows, the woolding is continued.1774 August, James Cook, A Voyage Towards the South pole and Around the World
  2. A rope used for binding masts and spars.

Questions about wooldings

What is wooldings the plural of?
Wooldings is the plural of woolding.

Words near wooldings in the dictionary

  1. woold
  2. woolded
  3. woolder
  4. woolders
  5. woolding
  6. wooldings
  7. Wooldridge
  8. wooldridgeite
  9. Wooldridges
  10. wooldriver
  11. wooldrivers

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