'Blanketing' definitions:

Definition of 'Blanketing'

From: GCIDE
  • Blanketing \Blan"ket*ing\, n.
  • 1. Cloth for blankets. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. The act or punishment of tossing in a blanket. [1913 Webster]
  • That affair of the blanketing happened to thee for the fault thou wast guilty of. --Smollett. [1913 Webster] Blanket mortgage

Definition of 'Blanketing'

From: GCIDE
  • Blanket \Blan"ket\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Blanketed; p. pr. & vb. n. Blanketing.]
  • 1. To cover with a blanket. [1913 Webster]
  • I'll . . . blanket my loins. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To toss in a blanket by way of punishment. [1913 Webster]
  • We'll have our men blanket 'em i' the hall. --B. Jonson. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To take the wind out of the sails of (another vessel) by sailing to windward of her. [1913 Webster]
  • Blanket cattle. See Belted cattle, under Belted. [1913 Webster]