cornering

English

Verb

cornering

1. present participle and gerund of 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.
   • 1809–1812, Maria Edgeworth, "Manoeuvring", in Tales of Fashionable Life

     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.