Hypertext Webster Gateway: "ironing"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Iron \I"ron\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ironed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Ironing}.]
1. To smooth with an instrument of iron; especially, to
smooth, as cloth, with a heated flatiron; -- sometimes
used with out.
2. To shackle with irons; to fetter or handcuff. ``Ironed
like a malefactor.'' --Sir W. Scott.
3. To furnish or arm with iron; as, to iron a wagon.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Ironing \I"ron*ing\, n.
1. The act or process of smoothing, as clothes, with hot
flatirons.
2. The clothes ironed.
{Ironing board}, a flat board, upon which clothes are laid
being ironed.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
ironing
n 1: garments (clothes or linens) that are to be (or have been)
ironed; "there was a basketful of ironing to do"
2: the work of ironing washed clothes
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