cornering

Etymology

verb

1. present participle and gerund of corner

noun

1. A piece of decorative work forming a corner.
   We have been informed that these cornerings are rarely used when the ceilings are not decorated […] 1844, The Art Journal
2. The act by which somebody is cornered.
   1809-1812, Maria Edgeworth, "Manoeuvring", in Tales of Fashionable Life Aside; ay, ay, but take care, I advise you, of her asides, and her whisperings, and her cornerings, and her inuendoes, and semiconfidences, lest your own happiness, my dear, unsuspecting, enthusiastic daughter, should be the sacrifice.