pinnacling
pinnacling is the present participle and gerund of pinnacle.
Meaning of pinnacle
Verb
pinnacle (third-person singular simple present pinnacles, present participle pinnacling, simple past and past participle pinnacled)
- To place on a pinnacle.
- And down this vast gulf upon which we were pinnacled the great draught dashed and roared, driving clouds and misty wreaths of vapour before it, till we were nearly blinded, and utterly confused.1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC
- To build or furnish with a pinnacle or pinnacles.
- The pediment of the Southern Transept is pinnacled, not inelegantly, with a flourished cross1782, Thomas Warton, The History and Antiquities of Kiddington
Questions about pinnacling
- What is pinnacling the present participle and gerund of?
- Pinnacling is the present participle and gerund of pinnacle.
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