Definition of "combings" []

• Small loose pieces of material, such as hairs or wool, removed with a comb. (noun-plural)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "To wreathe her wrinkled brow with well saved "combings" --"
• "Vague personal belongings, such as combings, handkerchiefs, a spectacle case, a hairbrush, were found tucked away in"
• "Inland, they could perceive other sand-hills, higher than that to which they had climbed, and long crested "combings", with deep valleys between; but not one object to gladden their sight, nothing that offered promise of either food, drink, or shelter."