Definition of Bagging

1. Noun. Coarse fabric used for bags or sacks.

Exact synonyms: Sacking
Specialized synonyms: Burlap, Gunny
Generic synonyms: Cloth, Fabric, Material, Textile
Terms within: Jute
Derivative terms: Bag, Bag

Definition of Bagging

1. n. Cloth or other material for bags.

2. n. Reaping peas, beans, wheat, etc., with a chopping stroke.

Definition of Bagging

1. Verb. (present participle of bag) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Bagging

1. material for making bags [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bagging

baggager
baggagers
baggages
baggala
baggalas
bagged
bagger
baggers
baggie
baggier
baggies
baggiest
baggily
bagginess
bagginesses
bagging (current term)
baggings
baggit
baggits
baggs
baggy
baggywrinkle
baggywrinkles
bagh
baghdadite
baghouse
baghouses
baghs
bagladies
baglady

Literary usage of Bagging

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

1. Reports of Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Supreme Court of the United States by United States Supreme Court, William Cranch, Henry Wheaton, Richard Peters, Benjamin Chew Howard, Jeremiah Sullivan Black (1905)
"By the tariff of 1832 it is enacted, that "on cotton bagging three and a half cents a ... The imported article, used as bagging for the packing of cotton, ..."

2. Fisher's National Magazine and Industrial Record by Redwood Fisher (1846)
"Kentucky manufactures of bagging, per annum 12000000 yds. Tennessee do. do. do 1000000 Missouri do. do. do \. 2000000 Ohio and Illinois do. do. do 1000000 ..."

3. Protection Echoes from the Capitol by Thomas Hudson McKee (1888)
"mule to continue to make bagging. If the jute butta are placed on the j-ee-liet it would reduce the cost of manufacturing bagging in this country ¡2} ..."

4. American Tariff Controversies in the Nineteenth Century by Edward Stanwood (1903)
"Two of the most noteworthy contests took place — one upon the hemp and cotton bagging duties, the other upon iron. The first possesses interest chiefly ..."

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