tubbing

noun

1. 1. a round, broad, open, wooden container, usually formed of staves and hoops fastened around a flat bottom
   2. any similarly large, open container of metal, stone, etc., as for washing
   3. a small, round container: a tub of margarine
   4. as much as a tub will hold
2. a bucket or tram for carrying coal, ore, etc. in a mine
3. 1. bathtub
   2. Brit., Informal a bath in a tub
4. Informal a slow-moving, clumsy ship or boat

Origin: ME tubbe < MDu; akin to MLowG tobbe, EFris tubbe

transitive verb, intransitive verb tubbed, tubbing

1. Informal to wash in a tub
2. Brit., Informal to bathe (oneself)