cornering

English

Verb

cornering

  1. present participle and gerund of corner

Noun

cornering (plural cornerings)

  1. A piece of decorative work forming a corner.
    • 1844, The Art Journal:
      We have been informed that these cornerings are rarely used when the ceilings are not decorated […]
  2. The act by which somebody is cornered.
    • 1809-1812, Maria Edgeworth, "Manoeuvring", in Tales of Fashionable Life
      Aside; ay, ay, but take care, I advise you, of her asides, and her whisperings, and her cornerings, and her inuendoes, and semiconfidences, lest your own happiness, my dear, unsuspecting, enthusiastic daughter, should be the sacrifice.
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