What is a verb form ending in -ing and used as a noun.?

ing forms can be used as a verbs,nouns,adverbs or adjectivesabbat

Explanation:

eg:

verb...the baby is smiling at his mother

smiling =continuous form of verb smile

Nounsmiling uses 12 facial muscles so they say

=something done as the subject before the verb.

the answer is: tabard inn, southwark.

in "the canterbury tales," by geoffrey chaucer, the twenty-nine diverse group of pilgrims is staying at a tavern in southwark, london, as they are traveling to canterbury. they wish to visit the relics of saint thomas becket in canterbury   cathedral in order to him for his when they underwent necessities.

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