LASHINGS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does lashings mean? 

• LASHINGS (noun)
  The noun LASHINGS has 1 sense:

1. a large number or amount

  Familiarity information: LASHINGS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LASHINGS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A large number or amount

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Synonyms:

dozens; gobs; heaps; lashings; loads; lots; oodles; piles; rafts; scads; scores; slews; stacks; tons; wads

Context example:

she amassed stacks of newspapers

Hypernyms ("lashings" is a kind of...):

large indefinite amount; large indefinite quantity (an indefinite quantity that is above the average in size or magnitude)

 Context examples 

As they swung on the turn the sled went over, spilling half its load through the loose lashings.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)

Once, he roused with a start and hastily got the axe out from underneath the lashings.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

As he said so he cut with a knife the various lashings that held it.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Having cast off the lashings, I hoisted first on the forward tackle, then on the aft, till the boat cleared the rail, when I lowered away, one tackle and then the other, for a couple of feet, till it hung snugly, above the water, against the schooner’s side.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

He worked the sack of gold out between the lashings and carried it to the water- hole. Already a new skin of ice had formed. This he broke with his fist. Untying the knotted mouth with his teeth, he emptied the contents of the sack into the water.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

The huskies had chewed through the sled lashings and canvas coverings.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)

By this time the gas-bag had swollen to a goodly rotundity and was jerking strongly upon its lashings.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

It was just after the sun's futile effort to appear, that Bill slipped the rifle from under the sled-lashings and said: You keep right on, Henry, I'm goin' to see what I can see.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

Each man felt that he had been robbed; and the boats were hoisted in amid curses, which, if curses had power, would have settled Death Larsen for all eternity—Dead and damned for a dozen iv eternities, commented Louis, his eyes twinkling up at me as he rested from hauling taut the lashings of his boat.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

Charles turned his back and drew the lashings down as well as he could, which was not in the least well.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)