1. nettling - Noun
2. nettling - Verb
of Nettle
A process (resembling splicing) by which two ropes are jointed end so as to form one rope.
The process of tying together the ends of yarns in pairs, to prevent tangling.
Stinging; irritating.
Source: Webster's dictionaryCertificate of Registry of Marriage of Allan Stewart Konigsberg and Harlene Susan Rosen, March 15, 1956, retrieved from findmypast.com. Time stated that the years were "nettling" and "unsettling." Source: Internet
Published in 1930, just eleven days after his death, his last work Nettles was a series of bitter, nettling but often wry attacks on the moral climate of England. Source: Internet