# hatting

Pronunciation: say "HAT-ing" /ˈhætɪŋ/

## Verb

1. Present participle and gerund of hat. — present participle and gerund of hat
   - Simple: Present participle of hat. Use this form for something happening right now.
   - _The costume crew was hatting the chorus line minutes before curtain._
   - _Hatting an entire regiment for the parade required dozens of fittings._

## Noun

2. The making of hats as a trade or industry.
   - Simple: The making of hats as a job or craft.
   - _Hatting employed hundreds of workers in the town during the nineteenth century._
   - _Her family had earned its living from hatting for three generations._
3. Cloth or material from which hats are made.
   - Simple: Cloth that is used to make hats.
   - _The milliner ordered enough hatting to finish the spring collection._
   - _A bolt of stiff hatting leaned against the workshop wall._

## Origin

Formed from "hat" with the suffix "-ing".

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/hatting (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).