wreathing

verb

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of wreath
2. (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of wreathe

noun

1. The motion or pattern of something that wreaths.

   “To have demolished and rebuilt the walls, would have been a very costly expedient, and as the least of two evils, the painter's brush was resorted to; here and there however, above some of the windows, the black wreathings of the smoke are still discernible through the white covering.”

adj

1. Having a pattern that wreathes.

   “The ground rose on each side like a wall, but hung with natural tapestry—the creeping plants which in the South take such graceful and wreathing forms in their foliage.”