outrolling

English

Verb

outrolling

1. present participle and gerund of outroll

Noun

outrolling (countable and uncountable, plural outrollings)

1. The action or result of something rolling outward.
   • 1917, Thomas Hardy, Afterwards:

     And will any say when my bell of quittance is heard in the gloom, / And a crossing breeze cuts a pause in its outrollings […]

   • 1963, Records of the Indian Museum, volumes 53-55, page 109:

     Constant presence of the four tags indicates they may be permanent structures rather than temporary eversions or outrollings from the fissure. Slight depression of male porophores obviates protuberance beyond general level of body surface.

   • 2013, Michael Cannon, Four New Words for Love:

     Between explosions, outrollings of the tolling bells pass them in waves. Fizzy wine is sloshed into their meagre selection of glasses.

Anagrams

• rolling out