Meanings
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of prepare
plural preparings
- preparation
For, as I draw closer and closer to the end, I travel in the circle, nearer and nearer to the beginning. It seems to be one of the kind smoothings and preparings of the way.
1859, Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities, London: Chapman and Hall, […], →OCLC1 more example
It must be remembered that different methods are adopted in these preparings to produce the different kinds of yarn required for the different kinds of worsted fabrics which are manufactured[…]
1854, The Ladies' Repository, volume 22, page 361
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