folding

FOLDING, ppr.

1. Doubling; laying in plaits; keeping in a fold.

2. a. Doubling; that may close over another, or that consists of leaves which may close one over another; as a folding door.

FOLDING, n.

1. A fold; a doubling.

2. Among farmers, the keeping of sheep in inclosures on arable land, &c.