Diapering

noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The act of clothing somebody in a diaper.

    "Then the therapist remembered that throughout the early critical period of the treatment, she had observed many diaperings of Billy, but at no time had Kathie shown revulsion toward the baby's feces or cleaning the anal region."

  2. 2
    A regular pattern of the same shape, evenly spaced.

    "The space between each two spokes is filled in with very elaborate diaperings, in which red and blue alternately prevail[…]"

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of diaper form-of, gerund, participle, present

Synonyms

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drapery

Example

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"Then the therapist remembered that throughout the early critical period of the treatment, she had observed many diaperings of Billy, but at no time had Kathie shown revulsion toward the baby's feces or cleaning the anal region."

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