narrowing

English

Verb

narrowing

1. present participle of narrow

Noun

narrowing (plural narrowings)

1. The process of becoming narrow.

   narrowings of the road

2. The part of a stocking that is narrowed.
   • 1858, Margaret Maria Gordon, Household economy (page 60)

     It may be observed, as a general rule, that the length of a stocking, before the narrowings, should be, at the least, equal to twice the width of the top...

Translations

process

• Italian: imbuto (it) m, strozzatura f, strettoia f, collo di bottiglia (it) f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: innsnevring m or f

  Nynorsk: innsnevring f

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