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
The cumbrousness of the rhythm is apparent in these two specimens—which are rather better than the others— Ah, the harpings and the salvos and the shoutings of thy exiled sons returning!
From The Principles of English Versification by Baum, Paull Franklin
But soon from her own harpings taking fire, In love and light her melodies expire.
From Poems by Thompson, Francis
But some would have it that Byron's plays, as a whole, are dull and uninspiring, monotonous harpings on worn-out themes, which every one has mastered or wishes to forget.
From The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 5 Poetry by Coleridge, Ernest Hartley
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