wrapping

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   The material in which something is wrapped.

   Cattle are shot with stones and can only be cured by a "fairy dart" or ancient stone arrowhead. These objects are kept in numerous wrappings by every properly qualified "fairy doctor," who rub[s] them on the sick beasts with appropriate charms ...

2. 2
   noun

   The breaking of a section of text into lines so that it will fit into the available width of a display area.

   See also: autowrap, backwrap, line break, word wrap, and wraparound

3. 3
   noun

   an enveloping bandage

4. 4
   noun

   the covering (usually paper or cellophane) in which something is wrapped

5. 5
   verb

   present participle and gerund of wrap

Etymology

From Middle English wrappinge, wrappynge, equivalent to wrap + -ing.