patching
English edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
patching (plural patchings)
- The act of one who patches.
- 1766, Oliver Goldsmith, The Vicar of Wakefield:
- […] all this is not neatness, but frippery. These rufflings, and pinkings, and patchings, will only make us hated by all the wives of our neighbours.
Verb edit
patching
- present participle and gerund of patch