Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The act of mending by the addition of a patch or patches.
  • noun A patch, or patches collectively; a patched place.
  • noun Wadding for a rifle-ball.
  • noun Patchery; hypocrisy.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun The act of mending a hole in a garment by sewing a patch over it.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • verb Present participle of patch.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun the act of mending a hole in a garment by sewing a patch over it

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  • I've never heard patching used in this context:

    "Apple picking and pumpkin patching is out because they did it last weekend.”

    July 13, 2012