pairing

Impairment; injury.

In deliberative assemblies, a practice by which two members belonging to opposite parties agree that both shall be absent for a specified time, or that both shall abstain from voting on a particular question, so that a vote is nullified on each side. Also called pairing off.

The act or process of uniting or arranging in pairs or couples.

See To pair off, under Pair, v. i.

the time when birds or other animals pair.

The combination or union of two things.

Present participle of pair.

the act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes

the act of grouping things or people in pairs