noun
( -s )
Usage: often attributive
1. : the action or process of using a comb or combs: as
a. : the straightening and ordering of wool or other fibers of long staple by a combing machine with elimination of shorter fibers
b. : a method of decorating pottery in the wet state by scratching with a comb
2. combings plural : loose hair removed with a comb
3. : combing wool
4. : an action of combing or like combing especially in thoroughness
a skillful combing of the salvage incidents … for the stories that bear retelling — Alfred Stanford