laureling

English

Alternative forms
  • (UK) laurelling

Verb

laureling

  1. (US) present participle of laurel

Noun

laureling (countable and uncountable, plural laurelings)

  1. 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.
  2. 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 !
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