FOLDING, participle present tense 1. Doubling; laying in plaits; keeping in a fold. 2. adjective Doubling; that may close over another, or that consists of leaves which may close one over another; as a folding door. FOLDING, noun 1. A fold; a doubling. 2. Among farmers, the keeping of sheep in inclosures on arable land, etc.
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