detailing

See also: de-tailing

English

Verb

detailing

1. present participle and gerund of detail

Noun

detailing (countable and uncountable, plural detailings)

1. gerund of detail
   • 2009 May 17, Paul Greenberg, “The Oceans’ Junkyards”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     Less successful are the flotsam-y parts of the book — the arbitrary releases about Ebbesmeyer’s career struggles or the detailings of one too many garbage finds.

2. Ornamentation on something that has been constructed.

   a dress with elaborate neck detailings

   • 1979, the Consumers Union, Funerals: consumers' last rights, →ISBN:

     Provided are matching satin ribbon detailings, topped with an embroidered floral bouquet in delicate contrasting shades.

   • 1982, Railroad Model Craftsman - Volume 51, page 108:

     Terrific, new detailings including see-through full length walkway and platforms with special tank train end couplings

   • 1999, Brian Butko, Kevin Joseph Patrick, Diners of Pennsylvania, →ISBN, page 36:

     In 1963, the Penrose owners traded up to a giant DeRaffele unsurpassed in exaggerated detailings, including a towering, steel A-frame entryway and crinkle-cut, folded-plate eaves.

   • 2008, Julie Young, “A Cornucopia of Design”, in Historic Irvington (Images of America), Arcadia Publishing, →ISBN, page 45:

     Early homes, such as Jacob Julian’s Second Empire–style mansion boasted a lot of Romantic influences with elaborate detailing.

   • 2010, Kieran Kramer, chapter 7, in When Harry Met Molly, St. Martin’s Paperbacks, →ISBN, page 66:

     In the next few minutes, Molly tossed dress after dress aside, oohing and aahing at the varied fabrics, the elaborate detailing of each one, until she found a dress that was— / Breathtaking.

3. careful cleaning and refurbishing of an automobile, aircraft, boat, etc.

Derived terms

• people's detailing

Anagrams

• digilante