Noah Webster
Folding
FOLDING, participle present tense
1. Doubling; laying in plaits; keeping in a fold.
2. adjective Doubling; that may close over another, or that consists of leaves which may close one over another; as a folding door.
FOLDING, noun
1. A fold; a doubling.
2. Among farmers, the keeping of sheep in inclosures on arable land, etc.