gainturning

English

Alternative forms
  • gain-turning, gayneturning, ganeturning (Scotland)

Etymology

From gain- +‎ turning, or from gainturn +‎ -ing.

Noun

gainturning (uncountable)

  1. (Now chiefly dialectal, Scotland) A turning back.
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