grassing
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English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
grassing
- present participle and gerund of grass
Noun[edit]
grassing (plural grassings)
- (historical) An area of grassland available as pasture for cattle.
- The exposing of linen in fields to air and light for bleaching purposes.
- 1876, The Textile Colourist, volume 1, page 70:
- […] four weeks' exposure on grass, two immersions in bleaching liquor with various supplementary boilings and grassings.