ticking

A strong, tightly woven fabric of cotton or linen used to make pillow and mattress coverings.

The act of making ticks, or slight repeated sounds; the sounds themselves: as, the ticking of the clock.

A strong material of linen or cotton, basket-woven, and usually in stripes of blue or pink with white.

A strong, closely woven linen or cotton fabric, of which ticks for beds are made. It is usually twilled, and woven in stripes of different colors, as white and blue; — called also ticken.

A strong cotton or linen fabric used to cover pillows and mattresses.

A sound of something ticking.

An illusional style of dance where one moves his or her body to the “tic” of the music creating a strobe or animated effect.

A marking that occurs on some horses. It involves white flecks of hair at the flank, and white hairs at the base of the tail, called a skunk tail or rabicano. Sometimes referred to as birdcatcher ticks.

Present participle of tick.

a strong fabric used for mattress and pillow covers