cornering

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Verb

1. present participle of corner#English|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.

   • 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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