darning

A repair made by darning.

Noun

  1. A repair made by darning.
    • Who has told of the turnings, the dyings, the ironings, the darnings, that have gone to make misses of ten pounds a-year pin-money look as smart as the squanderer of five hundred? - 1839, Frances Trollope, chapter I, in...

Forms

darnings

Derived

devil's darning needle

Verb

  1. present participle and gerund of darn

Derived

darning egg darning last darning mushroom darning needle darning wool