harpings
Britishplural noun
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nautical wooden members used for strengthening the bow of a vessel
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shipbuilding wooden supports used in construction
Etymology
Origin of harpings
C17: perhaps related to French harpe cramp iron
Example Sentences
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Land-locked Oklahoma tired of his harpings long before he was transferred to the Ways & Means Committee.
From Time Magazine Archive
But even these harpings did not seem to damage the Couzens popularity in Michigan at first.
From Time Magazine Archive
Dismiss Your flatterers—let no harpings, no gay songs Prevent your calm dictation of good laws To guard, to fortify, and keep enlinked England and Freedom!
From Poems by Victor Hugo
From harpings and sagas and mirth of the town, Great Gisli, the chieftain strode merrily down.
From Old Spookses' Pass, Malcolm's Katie, and other poems by Isabella Valancy Crawford
O, the terrific shoutings and harpings and stifling incense!
From Satires And Profanities by G. W. (George William) Foote
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