repairing

English

Verb

repairing

1. present participle and gerund of repair

Noun

repairing (plural repairings)

1. The act by which something is repaired; a mending.
   • 1800, James Jones Morgan, Epistolary Correspondence, page 14:

     […] he would not consent to raise any part of the money advanced on the gates, notwithstanding the necessity of the repairings, and the conveniences which would ensue to the school from it.