▪ I. ˈinˌbending, vbl. n.
[f. in adv. 11 c + bending vbl. n.]
A bending or curving inwards.
| 1881 Mivart Cat 221 For the lining of the lungs is but, as it were, a very deep and complex inbending and infolding of the body's external surface. |
▪ II. ˈinˌbending, ppl. a.
[f. in adv. 11 a + bending ppl. a.]
That bends or curves inwards.
| 1622 Drayton Poly-olb. xxv. 7 To diuide Low Holland from the High, which on their Easterne side Th' in bending Ocean holds from the Norfolcan lands. |