adorning

adorning

1. present participle and gerund of adorn

adorning (plural adornings)

1. (archaic) An adornment.
   • c. 1606–1607 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Anthonie and Cleopatra”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene ii]:

     Her gentlewomen, like the Nereides,
     So many mermaids, tended her i’ the eyes,
     And made their bends adornings […]

   • 1699, Matthew Henry, chapter 2, in A Discourse Concerning Meekness and Quietness of Spirit‎^[1], London: Thomas Parkhurst, page 47:

     The Text speaks of it, as an Adorning, much more excellent and valuable than Gold, or Pearls, or the most costly Array […]