detailingn.
a. The action of the verb; also attributive.
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the mind > language > speech > narration > description or act of describing > [noun] > complete, exact, or detailed
perambulation1509
explication1527
pantography1828
identification1842
daguerreotype1850
detailing1866
1810 Laws of Mass. c. 107 §31 In case of inability..of any officer..to serve..the detailing officer shall certify such circumstance to the officer who ordered the court martial.
1866 T. Carlyle E. Irving 94 Considerable gossiping and quizzical detailing.
1883 Knowledge 7 Sept. 147/2 [These] need no detailing here.
b. Fine Arts = detail n. 4.
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > work of art > [noun] > detailed parts of
detail1823
detail work1907
detailing1931
1931 C. H. Reilly in W. Rose Outl. Mod. Knowl. 976 Fine craftsmanship, such as the detailing of the Maison Carrée at Nîmes.
1958 Listener 20 Nov. 827/1 The timber detailing..seems to me not so satisfactory.
1960 House & Garden Dec. 31/1 Its warm colour..looks well with white detailing.
Draft additions September 2008
North American. The thorough cleaning of a motor vehicle. Cf. detail v.1 Additions.
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1985 D. Biggs How to avoid Lawyers xiii. 440 Call on a couple of used-car lots and ask who does their ‘detailing’.
1998 R. L. Fleming She's All That (film script, revised) (O.E.D. Archive) 65 It's gonna be a year of detailing to wash the geek germs out of my car.
2008 Birmingham (Alabama) News (Nexis) 10 May 1 d Sam told store employees Friday he was taking the car away for detailing.
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