laureling
English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- (UK) laurelling
Verb
[edit]laureling
- (US) present participle and gerund of laurel
Noun
[edit]laureling (countable and uncountable, plural laurelings)
- 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.
- 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 !