combings

[ koh-mingz ]

plural noun
  1. hairs removed with a comb or a brush.

Origin of combings

1
First recorded in 1565–75; comb + -ing1 + -s3

Words Nearby 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 Onions
  • At that instant, an erect and unmoved form stood on the combings of the main hatch.

  • There were unseasonable washings, dressings, combings and curlings—admonitions to be "a little gentleman."

    Bunker Bean | Harry Leon Wilson
  • When she combed her hair, she gathered the combings together.

  • Such 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

combings

/ (ˈkəʊmɪŋz) /


pl n
  1. the loose hair, wool, etc, removed by combing, esp that of animals

  2. the unwanted loose short fibres removed in combing cotton, etc

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