laureling

English

Alternative forms

• (UK) laurelling

Verb

laureling

1. (US) present participle and gerund of laurel

Noun

laureling (countable and uncountable, plural laurelings)

1. Decorations that imitate laurel wreaths.
   • 1925, Good Furniture Magazine of Furnishing & Decoration, Volume 25:

     . The doors have oval panels with inlay of flowers in vases, surrounded by laureling and a border of chequers filled with alternately with a rosette and a fan ornament.

2. Honor; recognition of merit.
   • 1819, John Sullivan Limrick, Ourawns, page 65:

     Thou droop'st upon the thirsty brine,— But still thy heart and hues are mine, And still upon my breast shall shine— In laurelings and love divine !