noun
( -s )
Etymology: Middle English, from gerund of droppen to drop — more at drop
1. : something dropped
the ground was littered with droppings from the trees
droppings from a candle
gulls screaming and diving after the galley droppings at the stern — Katherine Mansfield
2. : the dung of animals — now usually used in plural
3. droppings plural : wool or other fiber cast off from the different cylinders in carding : fly II 7d
4. : letting-out