combings

American  

[koh-mingz] / ˈkoʊ mɪŋz /

plural noun

1. hairs removed with a comb or a brush.

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combings British  

/ ˈkəʊmɪŋz /

plural noun

1. the loose hair, wool, etc, removed by combing, esp that of animals

2. the unwanted loose short fibres removed in combing cotton, etc

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Etymology

Origin of combings

First recorded in 1565–75; comb + -ing ¹ + -s ³

Example Sentences

Hair combings to be burned, to prevent a bird from finding them and building them into a nest.

From Time Magazine Archive

One of the latest combings is Lili Hatvany, authoress of The Love Duel.

From Time Magazine Archive

The combings were of stone, and were still intact, as were also the upper stones of a flight of steps that led down to the tunnel.

From The White Mice by Gibbs, George

The three men sat down on the combings of the fore-hatch, and Tom Riggles began by telling them that it was of no use bothering them with an account of his brother Sam’s early life.

From The Battle and the Breeze by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)

Then I got a piece of thin plank for her deck, and built on her bulwarks, with the windlass, the binnacle, caboose, and combings of her hatchway complete.

From Old Jack by Kingston, William Henry Giles