English Explanatory Dictionary

waisting

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. That which goes at the waist (of a person, as on a garment, or of an object).
  2. A failure in mechanical testing, where part of the testpiece becomes narrow.

Word forms

waisting waistings

Etymology

From waist + -ing.

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