The process by which fabrics, etc. are beetled, or beaten with a mallet.

Jutting or protruding, especially of a person's brows.

present participle of beetle

plural of beetling

To beat with a heavy mallet. / To finish by subjecting to a hammering process in a beetle or beetling machine.

Any of numerous species of insect in the order Coleoptera characterized by a pair of hard, shell-like front wings which cover and protect a pair of rear wings when at rest.

Protruding, jutting, overhanging.

To loom over; to extend or jut.

To move (away) quickly, to scurry away.

A type of mallet with a large wooden head, used to drive wedges, beat pavements, etc.