Category:Trimming

Trim"ming,

Defn: a. from trim, v. The whigs are, essentially, an inefficient, trimming, halfway sort of A party. Jeffrey. Trimming joist (arch.), a joist into which timber trimmers are Framed; a header. See header. Knight.

Trimming Trim"ming, n.

1. The act of one who trims.

2. 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..

3. The act of reprimanding or chastisting; as, to give a boy a Trimming. [colloq.]