Definitions for drawing-in

drawing-in draw·ing-in

Spelling: [draw-ing-in]
IPA: /ˈdrɔ ɪŋˈɪn/

Drawing-In is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 212 anagrams from letters in drawing-in (-adgiinnrw).

Definitions for drawing-in

noun

  1. the act or process of threading warp ends through the heddle eyes of the harness and the dents of the reed according to a given plan for weaving a fabric.

Origin of drawing-in

1835-45; draw in + -ing1

Examples for drawing-in

The evening was drawing-in, cold and windy; and suddenly remembering that he must be back by tea-time, he rose up to return.

The drawing-in of the carriage back to its original position.

At five in the morning there is a drawing-in of the fleet to Pelican Portage.

In sheer delight Travis kept slipping to the drawing-in room door to watch her work.

I, ah—” began Kingsley—“Er—well, I never heard of a beginner starting on a drawing-in machine.

These form the simplest and most common method of drawing-in.

Is the system better off as respects the drawing-in process?

The world knows not—cares not—for its tiny life is but a thread in the warp of the great drawing-in Machine.

“You should have said ‘Got it,’ sir,” grumbled the man, with a drawing-in of his breath as if in pain.

Across the room at one of the "drawing-in frames" I see the figure of an unusally pretty girl with curly dark hair.

Word Value for drawing-in
Scrable

12

Words with friends

14

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