scarfing

English

Verb

scarfing

1. present participle and gerund of scarf

Noun

scarfing (plural scarfings)

1. Material for making scarves.
   • 1896, The Clothier and Furnisher (volume 26, page 53)

     The Ascot scarfs may be arranged in regularity as shown, or they may each be displayed differently so as to bring out the colorings and designs in the scarfings.

2. A scarf joint.
   • 1884, Stephen Bleecker Luce, ‎Aaron Ward, Text-book of Seamanship (page 79)

     The scarfings of the piece must be kept clear of each other (that is, the points of junction in one piece must be as far as possible from those in another piece), and equally distributed in the mast.