tonsure
noun
the act of cutting the hair or shaving the head.
tonsuring
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present participleof tonsure.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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In Bogle's time "thunder-stones" were still used for tonsuring the lamas, and even now stone cooking-pots are found amongst the shepherds of the uplands, although they are acquainted both with copper and iron.
From Man, Past and Present by Alfred Court Haddon
In basements they could see through half-open doors at the bottom of ladderlike steps, earnest-faced men, with long, well-tended queues of hair, busily tonsuring sleepy clients.
From The Port of Adventure by A. M. (Alice Muriel) Williamson
We see King perhaps laid aside; not tonsured, tonsuring is out of fashion now; but say, sent away any whither, with handsome annual allowance, and stock of smith-tools.
From The French Revolution by Thomas Carlyle
