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gasfitting

noun

Etymology

From gas + fitting.

  1. derived from figo
  2. inherited from fitt
  3. inherited from fit
  4. formed as fitting — “fit + -ing”
  5. compounded as gasfitting — “gas + fitting”

Definitions

  1. The installation and servicing of gas fixtures and appliances.

    • Some workers were employed in processing lumber, milling flour, canning salmon and oysters, and making optical goods, plumbing and gasfittings, women’s clothing, and bicycles.
    • As an alternative to repairing gasfittings and the replacing of gas mantles and electric light bulbs, he must be able to put glass in windows, prepare and hang papers on walls, and repair cane-bottom chairs.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA