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
Think of the stranger at the isle, And think upon the harpings slow That presaged this approaching woe!
From The Lady of the Lake by Scott, Walter, Sir
Hark, hark to the words of sweet fashion, the harpings of yore!
From Poems by Jean Ingelow, In Two Volumes, Volume I. by Ingelow, Jean
And this they did by their harpings, and by words spoken—words of power, O Yolara, that have their power still—and by pipings and by slaying sounds.
From The Moon Pool by Merritt, Abraham
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