- beetle: jutting or overhanging; "beetle brows"
- Beetling is the pounding of linen or cotton fabric to give a flat, lustrous effect.
- A mechanical treatment that uses beetlers or fallers to give fabric surfaces a flattered appearance. The spaces between warp and filling are covered up and tend to produce a high gloss to the material.
- A process in which a fabric is hammered to produce a lustrous finish; or the finish thus produced.