cornering

Noun

 * 1) A piece of decorative work forming a corner.
 * 2) The act by which somebody is cornered.
 * 3) * 1809-1812,, "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.
 * 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.