[f. ARCH v. + -ING1.] The action of the vb. ARCH; concr. structure consisting of arches; arched curve.
1598. Stow, Surv. (1633), 398/1. The Arching begunne on the East side the Steeple.
a. 1821. Keats, Sleep & Poetry, 238. The very archings of her eyelids.
