straightening
English edit
Verb edit
straightening
- present participle and gerund of straighten
Noun edit
straightening (plural straightenings)
- The act of making something straight.
- 1899, Great Britain, Local and Personal Laws (part 1, page 27)
- The lands and sites of houses which may under the provisions of this Act be vested in the Corporation for street widenings and straightenings […]
- 1899, Great Britain, Local and Personal Laws (part 1, page 27)