adorning

English

Verb

adorning

1. present participle of adorn

Noun

adorning (plural adornings)

1. (archaic) An adornment.
   • c. 1606, William Shakespeare, Antony and Cleopatra, Act II, Scene 2,^[1]

     Her gentlewomen, like the Nereides,

     So many mermaids, tended her i’ the eyes,

     And made their bends adornings […]

   • 1699, Matthew Henry, A Discourse Concerning Meekness and Quietness of Spirit, London: Thomas Parkhurst, Chapter 2, p. 47,^[2]

     The Text speaks of it, as an Adorning, much more excellent and valuable than Gold, or Pearls, or the most costly Array […]