[f. ADORN v. + -ING1.] Adornment, ornamentation, decoration.
1398. Trevisa, Barth. De P. R., X. iii. (1495), 374. The elementes ben not bare of arayeng and aournynge.
1580. Baret, Alvearie, The fayre greene adourning of the bankes with grasse.
1611. Bible, 1 Pet. iii. 3. Whose adorning, let it not bee that outward adorning, of plaiting the haire.
1635. R. N., trans. Camden’s Hist. Eliz., I. 33. For the more plentiful adorning of their wits.
1669. H. More, Seven. Ch., vi. (T.). Her prankings and adornings in the splendour of their altars.
