serpentining

English

Etymology

From serpentine +‎ -ing.

Noun

serpentining (plural serpentinings)

1. gerund of serpentine: a serpentine twisting.
   • 1852 July, Herman Melville, “Book VI. Isabel, and the First Part of the Story of Isabel.”, in Pierre: Or, The Ambiguities, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, […], →OCLC, section VI, page 172:

     Among the waltzings, and the droppings, and the swarmings of the sounds, Pierre now heard the tones above deftly stealing and winding among the myriad serpentinings of the other melody: […]

Verb

serpentining

1. present participle and gerund of serpentine