patching

3 definitions found

patching - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  patching \patching\ n.
     The act of mending a hole in a garment by sewing a patch over
     it.
     [WordNet 1.5]

  Patch \Patch\ (p[a^]ch), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Patched
     (p[a^]cht); p. pr. & vb. n. Patching.]
     1. To mend by sewing on a piece or pieces of cloth, leather,
        or the like; as, to patch a coat.
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     2. To mend with pieces; to repair with pieces festened on; to
        repair clumsily; as, to patch the roof of a house.
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     3. To adorn, as the face, with a patch or patches.
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              Ladies who patched both sides of their faces.
                                                    --Spectator.
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     4. To make of pieces or patches; to repair as with patches;
        to arrange in a hasty or clumsy manner; -- generally with
        up; as, to patch up a truce. "If you'll patch a quarrel."
        --Shak.
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patching - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  patching
      n 1: the act of mending a hole in a garment by sewing a patch
           over it