[f. LOOP v.1 + -ING1.] The action of LOOP v.1, in various senses.
1480. Wardr. Acc. Edw. IV. (1830), 140. Corde and liour for liring and lowping of the same arras.
1856. Todd & Bowman, Phys. Anat., II. 81. Evidence of loopings is wanting. In the cochlea of the bird, however, we have seen at one end a plexiform arrangement of nucleated fibres ending in loops.
1874. Wood, Nat. Hist., 704. Their mode of progression is popularly and appropriately termed looping, and the caterpillars are called loopers.
attrib. 1857. Abridgm. Specif. Patents, Sewing, etc. (1871), 27. Combining this needle with a looping apparatus.
b. concr. Material formed into loops; loops as a trimming.
1690. Lond. Gaz., No. 2531/4. A Red Pye Coat with black and white Looping.