Fold"ing (?), n.

1.

The act of making a fold or folds; also, a fold; a doubling; a plication.

The lower foldings of the vest. Addison.

2. Agric.

The keepig of sheep in inclosures on arable land, etc.

Folding boat, a portable boat made by stretching canvas, etc., over jointed framework, used in campaigning, and by tourists, etc.

Ham. Nav. Encyc.

Folding chair, a chair which may be shut up compactly for carriage or stowage; a camp chair. -- Folding door, one of two or more doors filling a single and hung upon hinges.

 

© Webster 1913.

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