patching

• IPA^(key): /ˈpæ.t͡ʃɪŋ/
• Hyphenation: patch‧ing

patching (plural patchings)

1. The act of one who patches.
   • 1766, Oliver Goldsmith, The Vicar of Wakefield:

     […] all this is not neatness, but frippery. These rufflings, and pinkings, and patchings, will only make us hated by all the wives of our neighbours.

patching

1. present participle and gerund of patch

• monkey-patching
• patching up, patching-up

• nightcap