waisting

From waist + -ing.

waisting (plural waistings)

1. That which goes at the waist (of a person, as on a garment, or of an object).

   The decorative material used as waisting also served as a girdle for her midlife expansion.

2. A failure in mechanical testing, where part of the testpiece becomes narrow.

• Often a misspelling of wasting.

• waitings