edging

About 0.74 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb present participle and gerund of edge
2. noun Anything that forms, defines, or marks the edge of something.

   The decorative edging around the door makes it easier to find in the dark.

3. noun A technique involving the placement of the edge of the climbing shoe on a sharp hold.
4. noun The operation of shaping or dressing the edge of anything, as of a piece of metal.
5. noun The sexual technique of maintaining a high level of sexual arousal for an extended period of time without reaching orgasm.

Similar words

boundary border abut peripheral adjoin marginal margin fringe fringy bound

Often followed by

of the toward to away and out closer into

Word family

edgings