accosting, vbl. n.
(əˈkɒstɪŋ)
Also 7 accoasting.
[f. accost v. + -ing1.]
Now only gerundial.
† 1. A coming alongside. Obs.
| 1635 J. Hayward Banish'd Virgin 80 The accoasting of the six to one of the sides [of the ship] afforded our knights the commodity to tell our oaremen that the ship was by us taken. |
2. Approach or advance (towards intercourse).
| 1603 Florio Montaigne (1632) i. xiii, The..first accoastings of society and familiarity. 1736 Hervey Mem. II. 114 This prostration was known to be so acceptable an accosting to his Majesty's pride. |