• Narrowing

    Verb

    1. Present participle of narrow

    Full definition of narrowing

    Noun

    narrowing

    (plural narrowings)
    1. The part of a stocking that is narrowed.
      • 1858, Margaret Maria Gordon, Household economy (page 60)It may be observed, as a general rule, that the length of a stocking, before the narrowings, should be, at the least, equal to twice the width of the top...
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