Definition of "harpings" [harp•ings]

• The front part of the wales of a vessel, around the bow and fastened to the stem; used to provide protection from the seas. (noun)

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• "The young minstrel won the respect and affection of the royal household, and his harpings were the principal solace of the infatuated and gloomy king, who at length made David his armor-bearer."
• "She had read about it, studied about it, in the university in the course of earning her Bachelorship of Arts; but she was not original, not creative, and all manifestations of culture on her part were but harpings of the harpings of others."
• "And this they did by their harpings, and by words spoken — words of power, O Yolara, that have their power still — and by pipings and by slaying sounds."