Earing Definition

îrĭng
noun
A small rope passed through a cringle and used to attach the corner of a sail to a yard, gaff, or boom or to reef a sail.
Webster's New World

(archaic) A ploughing of land.

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Other Word Forms of Earing

Noun

Singular:
earing
Plural:
earings

Origin of Earing

  • Perhaps from ear

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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