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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.
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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.