Blanketing

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Blanket \Blan"ket\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Blanketed}; p. pr. &
     vb. n. {Blanketing}.]
     1. To cover with a blanket.
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              I'll . . . blanket my loins.          --Shak.


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     2. To toss in a blanket by way of punishment.
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              We'll have our men blanket 'em i' the hall. --B.
                                                    Jonson.
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     3. To take the wind out of the sails of (another vessel) by
        sailing to windward of her.
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     {Blanket cattle}. See {Belted cattle}, under {Belted}.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

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