Etymology

chambering

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Today it means: Sexual indulgence; wantonness. Full definition →

First used 16th c.
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The story

From chamber + -ing.

First known use, by meaning

  • from 16th c. Sexual indulgence; wantonness.
  • from 19th c. The arrangement of the chambers in a gun or other firearm.
  • from 19th c. The fact of being organized or divided into chambers.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.