combings
Americanplural noun
plural noun
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the loose hair, wool, etc, removed by combing, esp that of animals
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the unwanted loose short fibres removed in combing cotton, etc
Etymology
Origin of combings
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One of the latest combings is Lili Hatvany, authoress of The Love Duel.
From Time Magazine Archive
Hair combings to be burned, to prevent a bird from finding them and building them into a nest.
From Time Magazine Archive
As I turned round, letting go the chain, which came rattling down again on deck, I discovered that it proceeded from a head that had suddenly appeared above the combings of the fore hatch.
From The Two Whalers Adventures in the Pacific by William Henry Giles Kingston
I was standing at this time in no enviable position, my feet rested on the combings of the main hatchway with my back against the deck.
From A Sailor of King George by A. Beckford Bevan
The water was rushing through her ports, and rose half-way up the deck to the combings of the hatchway.
From Twice Lost by C.J. Stanilard
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