: something used for binding, wrapping, or fastening
Examples of lashing in a Sentence
They gave the sailor a lashing.
She put lashings of butter on her muffin.
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But despite the excessive lashings of déjà vu, these are storytelling clichés that work.—Richard Edwards, Space.com, 4 Sep. 2025 There were, indeed, in the Middle Ages, some very fine paintings covered in lashings of gold leaf.—Literary Hub, 27 Aug. 2025 Jeff Tillotson, a lawyer for Teleport, blamed the missing lashing on a contractor, who is not a party to the lawsuit.—Noelle Phillips, Denver Post, 21 Aug. 2025 Events of the last month, like immigration crackdowns and military call-ups, also elicit more philosophical musings than lashings out.—David Browne, Rolling Stone, 21 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for lashing
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