Usually means: Securing sail corners to spars.
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General (17 matching dictionaries)
  1. earing: Merriam-Webster
  2. earing: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. earing: Collins English Dictionary
  4. Earing, earing: Wordnik
  5. earing: Wiktionary
  6. earing: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  7. earing: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. Earing, earing: Dictionary.com
  9. Earing: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  10. earing: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  11. Earing: Rhymezone
  12. Earing: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  13. earing: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  14. Earing: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  15. earing: FreeDictionary.org
  16. earing: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  17. earing: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. earing: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. earing: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. earing: Idioms

Religion (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Earing: Easton Bible
  2. Earing: Smith's Bible Dictionary
  3. EARING: Glossary of Biblical English of the Authorised Version of the HOLY BIBLE

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. earing: Urban Dictionary

Tech (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Metal Terminology (No longer online)
  2. Earing: Latitude Mexico

(Note: See ear as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (earing)

noun:  (nautical) A line used to fasten the upper corners of a sail to the yard or gaff.
noun:  (nautical) A line for hauling the reef cringle to the yard.
noun:  (nautical) A line fastening the corners of an awning to the rigging or stanchions.
noun:  (manufacturing) A manufacturing defect in which the edges of sheet metal form a wave pattern during deep drawing.
noun:  (archaic) A ploughing of land.

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