vandyking

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English[edit]

Verb[edit]

vandyking

  1. present participle and gerund of vandyke

Noun[edit]

vandyking (countable and uncountable, plural vandykings)

  1. Edging with ornamental triangular points.
    • a. 1864, John G. Edgar, The Boy Crusaders[1]:
      Her charms were set off by the mourning dress which she wore, and by the robe called the quintise, which was an upper tunic without sleeves, with bordered vandyking and scalloping worked and notched in various patterns, worn so long behind that it swept the floor, but in front held up gracefully with one hand so as not to impede the step.