Meanings
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of paper
plural paperings
- Wallpaper.
The papering of one side of the room had dropped down bodily, with fragments of plaster adhering to it, and almost blocked up the door.
1859, Charles Dickens, The Haunted House1 more example
Almost every window was broken; every wall was chipped; chunks had been knocked out of walls, and at intervals there was no wall. One house showed the different paperings of six rooms all completely exposed to the gaze.
1915, Arnold Bennett, Over There: War Scenes on the Western Front
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
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