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Webster 1913 Edition
Folding
Fold′ing
,Noun.
1.
The act of making a fold or folds; also, a fold; a doubling; a plication.
The lower
foldings
of the vest. Addison.
2.
(Agric.)
The keepig of sheep in inclosures on arable land, etc.
Folding boat
, a portable boat made by stretching canvas, etc., over jointed framework, used in campaigning, and by tourists, etc.
Ham. Nav. Encyc.
Folding chair
, a chair which may be shut up compactly for carriage or stowage; a camp chair.
– Folding door
, one of two or more doors filling a single and hung upon hinges.
Webster 1828 Edition
Folding
FOLDING
, ppr.1.
Doubling; laying in plaits; keeping in a fold.2.
a. Doubling; that may close over another, or that consists of leaves which may close one over another; as a folding door.FOLDING
, n.1.
A fold; a doubling.2.
Among farmers, the keeping of sheep in inclosures on arable land, &c.