Gathering

Gath·er·ing

Gathering

n.
  1. The act of collecting or bringing together.
  2. That which is gathered, collected, or brought together

Gathering

a.
  1. Assembling; collecting; used for gathering or concentrating.

Phrases & Compounds

Gathering board
a table or board on which signatures are gathered or assembled, to form a book.
Gathering coal
a lighted coal left smothered in embers over night, about which kindling wood is gathered in the morning.
Gathering hoop
a hoop used by coopers to draw together the ends of barrel staves, to allow the hoops to be slipped over them.
Gathering peat
A piece of peat used as a gathering coal, to preserve a fire.