[f. BAG sb.1 + -ING1; cf. sacking, towelling, wrappering.] Coarse woven fabric out of which bags are made.
1732. Acc. Workhouses, 124. The spinning and weaving of hop bagging.
1834. Ht. Martineau, Demerara, vi. 78. Making the bagging and packages for our coffee at home.
1873. Echo, 19 May, 4/3. Paper made from old jute bagging.
b. attrib. or adj.; and in comb., as bagging-factory.
1732. Acc. Workhouses, 165. The wool is sorted two ways, viz. into fine and baggin.
1850. Mrs. Stowe, Uncle Tom’s C., ii. 10. Hired out by his master to work in a bagging-factory.
