combings
hairs removed with a comb or a brush.
Origin of combings
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How to use combings in a sentence
Blodwen Gruffydd saw the return first, if, indeed, that vague speck lost in the grey combings were they.
Mushroom Town | Oliver OnionsAt that instant, an erect and unmoved form stood on the combings of the main hatch.
The Water-Witch or, The Skimmer of the Seas | James Fenimore CooperThere were unseasonable washings, dressings, combings and curlings—admonitions to be "a little gentleman."
Bunker Bean | Harry Leon WilsonWhen she combed her hair, she gathered the combings together.
Myths and Legends of British North America | Katharine Berry JudsonSuch revelry generally winds up with a grand crash somewhere in the vicinity of the iron combings to the hatchways.
In Eastern Seas | J. J. Smith
British Dictionary definitions for combings
/ (ˈkəʊmɪŋz) /
the loose hair, wool, etc, removed by combing, esp that of animals
the unwanted loose short fibres removed in combing cotton, etc
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