Definition
Plural of blacking; substances used to darken or blacken something, historically especially shoe polish or stove polish.
Etymology
From 'blacking' (noun), derived from the verb 'black' (to make black) plus '-ing.' Blackings were essential household products in the 19th-20th centuries before modern cleaners.
Kelly Says
In Victorian England, applying 'blacking' to shoes and stoves was such common work that young children were hired as 'blacking boys' to shine boots, including the young Charles Dickens who worked in a blacking factory—a formative but miserable experience he later wrote about.
Translations
CACatalà
esquitxats
es-kit-xats
CSČeština
zatemnění
za-te-m-ne-ni
DADansk
sortelag
sor-te-lag
DEDeutsch
Schwarzierungen
shvarts-i-er-un-gen
ELΕλληνικά
μαυρίσματα
ma-vri-sma-ta
ESEspañol
barnices
bar-ni-thes
FRFrançais
crachats
kra-sha
HIहिन्दी
कालेपन
kaale-pa-n
HUMagyar
sötétedések
so-te-te-des-ek
IDBahasa Indonesia
pemberwarnaan hitam
pem-ber-warna-an hi-tam
ITItaliano
scurimenti
skoo-ri-men-tee
MSBahasa Melayu
hitam
hi-tam
NLNederlands
verduisteringen
ver-doo-is-te-rin-gen
NONorsk
sortelag
sor-te-lag
PLPolski
ciemności
chem-no-sci
PTPortuguês
sujidades
su-ji-da-des
RORomână
înnegare
in-ne-ga-re
RUРусский
затемнения
za-tem-ne-niya
SVSvenska
mörkläggningar
mor-klag-ningar
TEతెలుగు
검은색
geomeun-saek
TRTürkçe
siyahlamalar
siyah-la-ma-lar
UKУкраїнська
затемнення
za-tem-nen-nya
VITiếng Việt
màu đen
mau den