"dry pailing" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-dry pailing.wav
Etymology: From dry pail + -ing. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|dry pail|ing}} dry pail + -ing Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} dry pailing (uncountable)
  1. (uncommon) The method of using a dry pail to store soiled cloth diapers, as opposed to a wet pail. Tags: uncommon, uncountable
    Sense id: en-dry_pailing-en-noun-WN3hX9XK Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ing, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 91 9 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ing: 72 28 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 88 12 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 90 10

Verb

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-dry pailing.wav
Etymology: From dry pail + -ing. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|dry pail|ing}} dry pail + -ing Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} dry pailing
  1. present participle and gerund of dry pail Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: dry pail
    Sense id: en-dry_pailing-en-verb-~w6oiGQt
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