CLASPING
Verb
clasping
present participle of clasp
Noun
clasping (countable and uncountable, plural claspings)
The act by which something is clasped.
Anagrams
• placings, scalping
Source: Wiktionary
CLASP
Clasp, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Clasped; p. pr. & vb. n. Clasping] Etym:
[OE. claspen, clapsen, prob. akin to E. clap.]
1. To shut or fasten together with, or as with, a clasp; to shut or
fasten (a clasp, or that which fastens with a clasp).
2. To inclose and hold in the hand or with the arms; to grasp; to
embrace.
3. To surround and cling to; to entwine about. "Clasping ivy."
Milton.
Clasp, n.
1. An adjustable catch, bent plate, or hook, for holding together two
objects or the parts of anything, as the ends of a belt, the covers
of a book, etc.
2. A close embrace; a throwing of the arms around; a grasping, as
with the hand. Clasp knife, a large knife, the blade of which folds
or shuts into the handle.
– Clasp lock, a lock which closes or secures itself by means of a
spring.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition