wrapping

nounverbattested in dialogue

//ˈɹæp.ɪŋ//

The material in which something is wrapped.

noun

1
The material in which something is wrapped.
Cattle are shot with stones and can only be cured by a "fairy dart" or ancient stone arrowhead. These objects are kept in numerous wrappings by every properly qualified "fairy doctor," who rub[s] them on the sick beasts with appropriate charms ...
2
The breaking of a section of text into lines so that it will fit into the available width of a display area.
See also: autowrap, backwrap, line break, word wrap, and wraparound

Etymology

From Middle English wrappinge, wrappynge, equivalent to wrap + -ing.

verb

1
Also a form of wrappresent participle and gerund of wrap

Etymology

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Forms

plural: wrappings

wraith · A ghost or specter, especially a person's likeness seen just…wrap · To enclose (an object) completely in any flexible, thin…wrapped · Encased in a wrapping.

wrapping · The material in which something is wrapped.

wraps · Finished; hopeless.wrath · Great anger; (countable) an instance of this.wreath · Something twisted, intertwined, or curled.

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