Gathering
Gath·er·ing
Gathering
n.
- The act of collecting or bringing together.
- That which is gathered, collected, or brought together
Gathering
a.
- 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.