- (p.pr.&vb.n.) of Trim.
- (n.) The act of reprimanding or chastisting; as, to give a boy a trimming.
- a. from Trim, v.
- (n.) The act of one who trims.
- (n.) That which serves to trim, make right or fitting, adjust, ornament or the like; especially, the necessary or the ornamental appendages, as of a garment; hence, sometimes, the concomitants of a dish; a relish; -- usually in the pluraltrimmings. --.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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