What does buttoning mean?
Buttoning means present participle and gerund of button.
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Pronunciation varies by accent · verb
present participle and gerund of button.
He threw himself as he spoke upon a chair, and indolently, but gracefully, received the kind offices of Albert, who undid the coarse buttonings of the leathern gamashes which defended his legs[…]
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Buttoning means present participle and gerund of button.
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
He threw himself as he spoke upon a chair, and indolently, but gracefully, received the kind offices of Albert, who undid the coarse buttonings of the leathern gamashes which defended his legs[…]
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