wreathing

English

Verb

wreathing

1. present participle of wreath
2. present participle of wreathe

Noun

wreathing (plural wreathings)

1. The motion or pattern of something that wreaths.
   • John Duncan, Duncan's Travels

     To have demolished and rebuilt the walls, would have been a very costly expedient, and as the least of two evils, the painter's brush was resorted to; here and there however, above some of the windows, the black wreathings of the smoke are still discernible through the white covering.

Anagrams

• nightwear, rethawing