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Definition of Blanketing

1. n. Cloth for blankets.

Definition of Blanketing

1. Verb. (present participle of blanket) ¹

2. Noun. cloth for making blankets ¹

3. Noun. anything that covers like a blanket ¹

4. Noun. The act or punishment of tossing in a blanket. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Blanketing

1. blanket [v] - See also: blanket

Medical Definition of Blanketing

1. 1. Cloth for blankets. 2. The act or punishment of tossing in a blanket. "That affair of the blanketing happened to thee for the fault thou wast guilty of." (Smollett) Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Blanketing

Literary usage of Blanketing

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Travels Through England of Dr. Richard Pococke, Successively Bishop of by Richard Pococke, James Joel Cartwright (1889)
"... and they make some very, good blanketing of two breadths, being the same kind of manufacture, only a litle thicker and well knap'd. Swansey, Septr. ..."

2. Works of the Camden Society by Camden Society (Great Britain), Royal Historical Society (Great Britain) (1889)
"... and they make some very good blanketing of two breadths, being the same kind of manufacture, only a litle thicker and well knap'd. Swansey, Septr. ..."

3. The Training and Breaking of Horses by Merritt Wesley Harper (1918)
"Clipping and blanketing. — There is much difference of opinion as to the wisdom of clipping a colt in training as well as to the time of year it should be ..."

4. The Travels Through England of Dr. Richard Pococke, Successively Bishop of by Richard Pococke, James Joel Cartwright (1889)
"... and they make some very, good blanketing of two breadths, being the same kind of manufacture, only a litle thicker and well knap'd. Swansey, Septr. ..."

5. Works of the Camden Society by Camden Society (Great Britain), Royal Historical Society (Great Britain) (1889)
"... and they make some very good blanketing of two breadths, being the same kind of manufacture, only a litle thicker and well knap'd. Swansey, Septr. ..."

6. The Training and Breaking of Horses by Merritt Wesley Harper (1918)
"Clipping and blanketing. — There is much difference of opinion as to the wisdom of clipping a colt in training as well as to the time of year it should be ..."

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