Laming
noun, verb
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 The act or process of rendering lame
"One young driver had been the subject of seven lamings, and had thriven in spite of them all. Any boy who had escaped with but one or two slight injuries was considered as particularly favoured."
Verb
- 1 present participle and gerund of lame form-of, gerund, participle, present
Example
More examples"We must, he said, stop at the first house we came to and beg a night's lodging, since upon no account dared he proceed towards home at the risk of laming the horse."
Etymology
Etymology 1
From Middle English laminge, equivalent to lame + -ing.
Etymology 2
From lame + -ing.
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