Gathering
Gathering , noun
1.
The act of collecting or bringing together.
2.
That which is gathered, collected, or brought together
(a)
A crowd; an assembly; a congregation.
(b)
A charitable contribution; a collection.
(c)
A tumor or boil suppurated or maturated; an abscess.
Gathering , adjective
Assembling; collecting; used for gathering or concentrating.
Collocations (4)
Gathering board (Bookbinding) , a table or board on which signatures are gathered or assembled, to form a book. — Knight
Gathering coal , a lighted coal left smothered in embers over night, about which kindling wood is gathered in the morning.
Gathering hoop , a hoop used by coopers to draw together the ends of barrel staves, to allow the hoops to be slipped over them.
Gathering peat , (a) A piece of peat used as a gathering coal, to preserve a fire. (b) In Scotland, a fiery peat which was sent round by the Borderers as an alarm signal, as the fiery cross was by the Highlanders.