roughings
/ˈrʌfɪŋz/(also rougin) originally English regional. In later use also United States regional
noun
The coarse crop of grass that appears after mowing.
Origin
Late 16th century; earliest use found in Auncient Custoums Dedham. Apparently originally a variant of rowen by association with row and hence rough. With the some forms compare -ing.
- clop
- clopidogrel
- cloqué
- closable
- close
- close but no cigar
- close by
- close call
- close-caption
- close-coupled
- close-cropped
- closed
- closed book
- closed caption
- closed chain
- closed-circuit television
- closed communion
- closed compound
- closed couplet
- closed-door
- closed-end
- closed-in
- close-down
- close down (or close something down)
- closed season