Narrowing

Definitions

1. The process of becoming narrow.
2. The part of a stocking that is narrowed.

Equivalents

Examples

“narrowings of the road”

“Owing to the war, it was not thought advisable to carry⟳ out repairs to this pier, as this would have⟳ involved the temporary narrowing of the channel, and it was not until 1919 that it was decided to proceed with the construction of a steel-pile coffer dam round the south pier.”

“It may be observed, as a general rule⟳, that the length of a stocking, before the narrowings, should be, at the least, equal to twice the width of the top...”

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