detailing

noun

1. (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.”

2. (countable, uncountable)An assignment to someone to undertake a particular task.
3. (countable, uncountable)An ornamentation or decoration on something that has been constructed.

   “a dress with elaborate neck detailings”

   “Provided are matching satin ribbon detailings, topped with an embroidered floral bouquet in delicate contrasting shades.”

   “Terrific, new detailings including see-through full length walkway and platforms with special tank train end couplings”

   “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.”

   “Early homes, such as Jacob Julian’s Second Empire–style mansion boasted a lot of Romantic influences with elaborate detailing.”

4. (countable, uncountable)A careful and thorough cleaning and refurbishing of an automobile, aircraft, boat, etc.

verb

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of detail