doff
verb (used with object)
to remove or take off, as clothing.
were doffing
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past progressiveof doff.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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The mighty man removed his storm-cape from his shoulders as though it were ermine he were doffing before condescending to associate with ordinary mortals.
From The Goose Man by Allen Wilson Porterfield
But in the even, when we were doffing us, and Nell was not yet come up, quoth she— “Milly, is Sir Edwin something free to ask questions?”
From Joyce Morrell's Harvest The Annals of Selwick Hall by Emily Sarah Holt
