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Webster 1913 Edition


Gathering

Gath′er-ing

,
Noun.
1.
The act of collecting or bringing together.
2.
That which is gathered, collected, or brought together
; as:
(a)
A crowd; an assembly; a congregation.
(b)
A charitable contribution; a collection.
(c)
A tumor or boil suppurated or maturated; an abscess.

Gath′er-ing

,
Adj.
Assembling; collecting; used for gathering or concentrating.
Gathering board
(Bookbinding)
,
a table or board on which signatures are gathered or assembled, to form a book.
Knight.
Gathering coal
,
a lighted coal left smothered in embers over night, about which kindling wood is gathered in the morning.
Gathering hoop
,
a hoop used by coopers to draw together the ends of barrel staves, to allow the hoops to be slipped over them.
Gathering peat
.
(a)
A piece of peat used as a gathering coal, to preserve a fire.
(b)
In Scotland, a fiery peat which was sent round by the Borderers as an alarm signal, as the fiery cross was by the Highlanders.

Webster 1828 Edition


Gathering

GATH'ERING

,
ppr.
Collecting; assembling; drawing together; plaiting; wrinkling.

GATH'ERING

,
Noun.
The act of collecting or assembling.
1.
Collection; a crowd; an assembly.
2.
Charitable contribution. 1 Cor.16.
3.
A tumor suppurated or maturated; a collection of pus; an abscess.

Definition 2024


gathering

gathering

English

Noun

gathering (plural gatherings)

Coptic binding with eight gatherings (3).
  1. A meeting or get-together; a party or social function.
    I met her at a gathering of engineers and scientists.
  2. A group of people or things.
    A gathering of fruit.
  3. (bookbinding) A section, a group of bifolios, or sheets of paper, stacked together and folded in half.
    This gathering machine forms the backbone of a bookbinding operation.
  4. A charitable contribution; a collection.
  5. A tumor or boil suppurated or maturated; an abscess.
Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English gaderynge, equivalent to gather + -ing (present participle ending).

Verb

gathering

  1. present participle of gather
    She enjoyed gathering wildflowers.
Derived terms
  • data-gathering