edging
English edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
edging
- present participle and gerund of edge
Noun edit
edging (countable and uncountable, plural edgings)
- Anything that forms, defines, or marks the edge of something.
- The decorative edging around the door makes it easier to find in the dark.
- 1951 March, “Reconstruction of London Transport Rolling Stock”, in Railway Magazine, page 160:
- A means was found, for example, of fitting rubber edging to the doors and still retaining the handle and door lock.
- (climbing) A technique involving the placement of the edge of the climbing shoe on a sharp hold.
- The operation of shaping or dressing the edge of anything, as of a piece of metal.
- The sexual technique of maintaining a high level of sexual arousal for an extended period of time without reaching orgasm.
Antonyms edit
- (climbing) smearing