ironing : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: ironing	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for ironing
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ironing n garments (clothes or linens) that are to be (or have been) ironed; "there was a basketful of ironing to do" the work of using heat to smooth washed clothes in order to remove any wrinkles
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Iron \I"ron\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ironed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Ironing}.] 1. To smooth with an instrument of iron; especially, to smooth, as cloth, with a heated flatiron; -- sometimes used with out. 2. To shackle with irons; to fetter or handcuff. [bd]Ironed like a malefactor.[b8] --Sir W. Scott. 3. To furnish or arm with iron; as, to iron a wagon.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ironing \I"roning\, n. 1. The act or process of smoothing, as clothes, with hot flatirons. 2. The clothes ironed. {Ironing* board}, a flat board, upon which clothes are laid being ironed.