costuming

English

Verb

costuming

1. present participle and gerund of costume

Noun

costuming (countable and uncountable, plural costumings)

1. Material for making costumes.
   • 1973, Charles Hadfield, Alice Mary Hadfield, The Cotswolds: A New Study, page 203:

     In addition to men's suitings and ladies' costumings the firm also produces man-made fabrics for filtration and protective clothing.

2. The putting on of a costume; dressing up.
   • 1996, Walter Benjamin, Marcus Paul Bullock, Michael William Jennings, Selected Writings: 1935-1938, page 9:

     […] but his sole real concern continues to be the posture in which his subject stands naked between his costumings.

Anagrams

• customing