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cornerings

cornerings is the plural of cornering.

Meaning of cornering

Noun

cornering (plural cornerings)

  1. A piece of decorative work forming a corner.
    • We have been informed that these cornerings are rarely used when the ceilings are not decorated […]1844, The Art Journal
  2. The act by which somebody is cornered.
    • 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.1809–1812, Maria Edgeworth, "Manoeuvring", in Tales of Fashionable Life

Questions about cornerings

What is cornerings the plural of?
Cornerings is the plural of cornering.

Words near cornerings in the dictionary

  1. cornerers
  2. Cornereva
  3. cornering
  4. cornering the market
  5. cornering up
  6. cornerings
  7. cornerless
  8. cornerlessness
  9. cornerlike
  10. cornerman
  11. cornermen

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