nettling
noun2
The process of tying together the ends of yarns in pairs, to prevent tangling.
3
The process of stinging somebody with nettles.
- Their greater male strength will be both tested and attested to in their ability to undergo the initiation nettlings, beatings, and burnings administered to them by the older initiators […]2000, Harriet Whitehead, Food Rules: Hunting, Sharing, and Tabooing Game in Papua New Guinea: