Buttoning [verb]

From the voices that came to him Prothero gathered that Jane Holland was "buttoning her up the back."

Landy, too, sensing the importance of coming events, improved his appearance by buttoning up his shirt-front.

Then he helped Tommy to dress by buttoning all his clothes the wrong way, and hiding his stockings and necktie.

Stacey was buttoning his coat with trembling hands, when Martha went up to him.

"He's gone ahead," she answered, buttoning her gloves as they went along.

"Such talks never do any good, judge," said the deacon, buttoning his overcoat and turning up the collar.

Down went kind Peggy on the floor, and thanks to her the boots were got on, though the buttoning of them was beyond her skill.

"All for yourself," said Mr. Mathieson, buttoning up his money with a very satisfied air.

"I forgot it, and it burned," sulkily replied Queen Grumpy, buttoning herself into her trailing velvet robes.

They seemed to have dressed in a hurry, and were thrusting their arms in their coats, and buttoning themselves up as they went.