▪ I. curving, vbl. n.
(ˈkɜːvɪŋ)
[-ing1.]
The action of the verb curve; bending, flexure, curvature. Also fig.
| 1594 Norden Spec. Brit., Essex 11 The Roding..after manifolde curuings, it maketh way vnder Wodforde bridge. 1748 Richardson Clarissa Wks. 1883 V. 335 Curvings from the plain simple truth. 1882 Vines Sachs' Bot. 905 The curving of the [antheridium]..indicates that fertilisation does not usually take place between the contiguous organs. |
▪ II. ˈcurving, ppl. a.
[-ing2.]
That curves.
| 1762 Falconer Shipwr. iii. (1818) 106 Watch the curving prow. 1878 Maclear Celts iii. (1879) 31 The curving shores of Provence and Narbonne. |