Ironing
from
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
ironing
n 1: garments (clothes or linens) that are to be (or have been)
ironed; "there was a basketful of ironing to do"
2: the work of using heat to smooth washed clothes in order to
remove any wrinkles
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Iron \I"ron\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ironed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Ironing}.]
[1913 Webster]
1. To smooth with an instrument of iron; especially, to
smooth, as cloth, with a heated flatiron; -- sometimes
used with out.
[1913 Webster]
2. To shackle with irons; to fetter or handcuff. "Ironed like
a malefactor." --Sir W. Scott.
[1913 Webster]
3. To furnish or arm with iron; as, to iron a wagon.
{iron out differences} resolve differences; settle a dispute.
[PJC] Ironbark
[email protected]