doubling
doubling is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.A turning and winding; as, the doubling of a hunted hare; shift; trick; artifice. Dryden.
- 2.(Her.) The lining of the mantle borne about the shield or escutcheon.
- 3.The process of redistilling spirits, to improve the strength and flavor. Doubling a cape, promontory, etc. (Naut.), sailing around or passing beyond a cape, promontory, etc.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- cocker
- cockle
- corrugate
- corrugation
- crankle
- crease
- crimple
- crinkle
- crumple
- curl
- double
- down
- duplicature
- ear
- elbow
- feet
- flexion
- flexure
- flounce
- flute
- fluted
- fold
- frizzle
- frounce
- gather
- hem
- joint
- lapel
- plait
- pleat
- plicate
- plication
- plicature
- ply
- pucker
- rimple
- rivel
- ruck
- ruffle
- rumple
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is doubling.
- What is a turning and winding; as, the doubling of a hunted hare; shift; trick; artifice. Dryden called?
- What is the lining of the mantle borne about the shield or escutcheon called?
- What is the process of redistilling spirits, to improve the strength and flavor. Doubling a cape, promontory, etc. (Naut.), sailing around or passing beyond a cape, promontory, etc called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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