noun
( -s )
Etymology: Middle English, from gerund of wrappen to wrap
1.
a. : something used to wrap an object : wrapper , covering , wrap
tear the wrappings from a parcel
the natural man beneath the theological wrappings — V.L.Parrington
b. : clothing or an article of clothing that swathes or envelops
the little children help to take away the baby's wrappings — Nora Waln
2. : the act or process in basketwork of passing the weft completely around each warp in turn