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mending

noun C2
  1. The act by which something is mended or repaired.

Plural mendings

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Stitching tucks and mending tears,
A Child's Garden of Verses, p. 19 · C1
Now while the tinsmiths had been at work mending the Woodman himself, another of the Winkies, who was a goldsmith, had made an axe-handle of solid gold and fitted it to the Woodman’s axe, instead of the old broken handle.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, p. 93 · B2

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