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▪ I. closing, vbl. n.|ˈkləʊzɪŋ|
[f. close v.]
1. a. The action of the vb. close, in various senses; shutting; enclosing; drawing together; ending, etc.
1398Trevisa Barth. De P.R. v. xvii. (1495) 122 Somme letters ben sownyd..by closyng of the lyppes. 1530Palsgr. 206/1 Closyng of a ground with hedge or pale, closture. 1596Shakes. 1 Hen. IV, iii. ii. 133 The closing of some glorious day. 1625Markham Souldiers Accid. 16 The Opening and Closing either of Rankes or Fyles. 1793Smeaton Edystone L. §295 The closing of the joints. 1848Mill Pol. Econ. I. 132 The closing of the continental ports against our manufactures.
b. Also with advbs. closing-out (U.S.): see close v. 19 b).
1580Hollyband Treas. Fr. Tong, Closture de hayes, a closing in with hedges. 1675Brooks Gold. Key Wks. 1867 V. 320, I must hasten to a closing up of this particular. 1819Wordsw. Waggoner i. 266 At closing-in of day. 1865Memphis Daily Argus 19 Nov. 3/2 R. J. Dalton & Company's great closing out sale. 1936D. L. Teilhet Ticking Terror Murders xiii. 214 Closing-out sale! Frances Taylor is closing out her Paris-Hollywood Shop. Reduced prices.
c. spec. A coming to terms, agreement, or union.
1614Bp. Hall Heaven upon Earth §4. 111 Faire spoken at the first closing. 1697Collier Ess. Mor. Subj. ii. (1709) 57 Pride is so unsociable a Vice..that there is no closing with it. 1837Thackeray Ravenswing i, This sudden closing with him.
†2. That which closes or makes fast, a fastening.
1382Wyclif Baruch vi. 17 Prestes oft kepen the dores with closingis [Vulg. clausuris] and lockis. 1500–25Vergilius in Thoms Prose Rom. (1858) II. 34 Virgilius put a waye the closynge and reseyued the emperour into his castell.
†3. An enclosed place, an enclosure. Obs.
1398Trevisa Barth. De P.R. xvii. clii. (1495) 704 Wythin the closynge or the clausure of the temple. c1665Mrs. Hutchinson Mem. Col. Hutchinson (1846) 233 The foot should march a private way through the closings.
4. attrib., as in closing-fat (closing vat), closing-step (Mil.); closing-hammer, a hammer used for closing the seams of iron plates; closing-time, the time at which a public building or place, spec. a public house, is closed; also fig.
[1454in Rogers Agric. & Prices III. 555/1, 1 closing fat, 16/.] 1833Regul. Instr. Cavalry i. 19 The side or closing step is performed from the halt in quick time. 1896A. Morrison Child of Jago xxxi. 291 At closing-time they all helped each other home. 1924[see allow v. 8 c]. 1927Kipling Limits & Renewals (1932) 158 He'd gone to the Cup o' Grapes..and told everybody his grievances against Ellen till closing-time. 1954Koestler Invis. Writing xxxv. 375 Closing time was approaching for Europe.
▪ II. closing, ppl. a.
That closes, in various senses; shutting; drawing close together; enclosing, etc.
1610Shakes. Temp. iii. iii. 64 The still closing waters. 1667Dryden Indian Emperor ii. ii, Closing Skies might still continue bright. 1809W. Irving Knickerb. vii. xii, The closing eye of the old warrior.
b. Concluding, ending.
1795Southey Joan of Arc viii. 114 My closing hour of life. 1850Tennyson In Mem. cv, The closing cycle rich in good. 1879McCarthy Own Times I. 412 The closing sentence of the speech.
Hence † ˈclosingly adv., in a closing manner, inclusively. Obs.
c1449Pecock Repr. i. xix. 111 He theryn..biddith includingli and closingli al it to be doon.
▸ closing credits n. a list or sequence of credits shown at the end of a film or television programme, typically more comprehensive than opening credits; (also) the part of a film or programme during which these appear; cf. credit n. 13d.
1952Washington Post 6 Feb. 11 b/3 The opening and *closing credits..were given a background of legs pirouetting in a spotlight. 1989Broadcast 18 Aug. 20/1 The closing credits on its first transmissions had barely finished rolling. 1995Entertainm. Weekly 22 Dec. 35/3 The sequel will include outtakes during the closing credits, just as the original did. |