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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. the act of mending a hole in a garment by sewing a patch over it;


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

patching \patching\ n. The act of mending a hole in a garment by sewing a patch over it. [WordNet 1.5]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Patch \Patch\ (p[a^]ch), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Patched (p[a^]cht); p. pr. & vb. n. Patching.] 1. To mend by sewing on a piece or pieces of cloth, leather, or the like; as, to patch a coat. [1913 Webster] 2. To mend with pieces; to repair with pieces festened on; to repair clumsily; as, to patch the roof of a house. [1913 Webster] 3. To adorn, as the face, with a patch or patches. [1913 Webster] Ladies who patched both sides of their faces. --Spectator. [1913 Webster] 4. To make of pieces or patches; to repair as with patches; to arrange in a hasty or clumsy manner; -- generally with up; as, to patch up a truce. "If you'll patch a quarrel." --Shak. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

patching n 1: the act of mending a hole in a garment by sewing a patch over it