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detailing en · NOUN
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) A thorough description or explanation.
Less successful are the flotsam-y parts of the book — the arbitrary releases about Ebbesmeyer’s career struggles or the detailings of one too many garbage finds.
2009 May 17, Paul Greenberg, “The Oceans’ Junkyards”, in New York Times:
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(countable, uncountable) An assignment to someone to undertake a particular task.
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(countable, uncountable) An ornamentation or decoration on something that has been constructed.
a dress with elaborate neck detailings
In 1963, the Penrose owners traded up to a giant DeRaffele unsurpassed in exaggerated detailings, including a towering, steel A-frame entryway and crinkle-cut, folded-plate eaves.
1999, Brian Butko, Kevin Joseph Patrick, Diners of Pennsylvania, →ISBN, page 36:In the next few minutes, Molly tossed dress after dress aside, oohing and aahing at the varied fabrics, the elaborate detailing of each one, until she found a dress that was— / Breathtaking.
2010, Kieran Kramer, chapter 7, in When Harry Met Molly, St. Martin’s Paperbacks, →ISBN, page 66:Early homes, such as Jacob Julian’s Second Empire–style mansion boasted a lot of Romantic influences with elaborate detailing.
2008, Julie Young, “A Cornucopia of Design”, in Historic Irvington (Images of America), Arcadia Publishing, →ISBN, page 45:Terrific, new detailings including see-through full length walkway and platforms with special tank train end couplings
1982, Railroad Model Craftsman - Volume 51, page 108:Provided are matching satin ribbon detailings, topped with an embroidered floral bouquet in delicate contrasting shades.
1979, the Consumers Union, Funerals: consumers' last rights, →ISBN:
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(countable, uncountable) A careful and thorough cleaning and refurbishing of an automobile, aircraft, boat, etc.
Forms
detailing en · VERB
Meanings
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(form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of detail
Deriveds
people's detailing