1. present participle of border#English|border

bordering (not comparable)

1. Having a common boundary or border

   France and Spain are bordering nations.

   • 1749, Henry Fielding, chapter I, in The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling. In Six Volumes, volume (please specify ), London: Printed by A[ndrew] Millar, […], OCLC 928184292 ↗, book IV:

• border on

• French: limitrophe
• German: angrenzend
• Italian: cingente
• Spanish: lindante, colindante, rayano

bordering (plural borderings)

1. A pattern or ornament forming a border.
   • 1874, Frank Leslie's Lady's Magazine

     White silk borderings and silver buckles.