[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

gathering \gath"ering\, a.
   assembling; collecting; used for gathering or concentrating.
   1913 webster

   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.
       1913 webster
see also:
gathering board gathering coal gathering hoop gathering peat 

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