dry pailing
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The method of using a dry pail to store soiled cloth diapers, as opposed to a wet pail.
Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "We wash on 60 degrees with non-bio Ariel liquid (got massive stocks to be organised and now wish I hadn't). I started off dry pailing and washing on the second day so I thought the dry pailing was the problem."
- "Many parents don't use nappy treatments at all—after removing and rinsing off solid waste, they store soiled nappies in a lidded bucket until there's enough for a load. This is called 'dry pailing'."
- "Dry pailing is much less smelly than wet pailing (soaking them in water or a disinfectant solution). The reason for this is because they dry slightly while waiting to be washed, which reduces the amount of bacterial activity and ammonia build up."