retrimming
English
[edit]Verb
[edit]retrimming
- present participle and gerund of retrim
- 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter I, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume II, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 8:
- "But, come, I must show you the Queen's present;" and, first retrimming the lamp, she opened a casket, containing a lustrous set of emeralds.