(architecture) A beam into which are framed the ends of headers in floor framing, as when a hole is to be left for stairs, or to avoid bringing joists near chimneys.
(mining, historical) A person employed to rearrange the coal in the hold of a vessel, so that it fills the vessel without forming a conicalblockage.
(mining, historical) A device for storing coal in gradually increasing piles made by building up at the point of the cone or top of the prism.
(countable) The manner in which something is equipped or adorned; order; disposition.
(nautical) The fore-and-aft angle of the vessel to the water, with reference to the cargo and ballast; the manner in which a vessel floats on the water, whether on an even keel or down by the head or stern.
(nautical) The arrangement of the sails with reference to the wind.
“The delicate lace, and the bright trimming on her dressing-gown, the ribbons in her cap, and the rings on her bony fingers, all intended to draw the eye away from the change that had passed over her.”
“I had a canopy bed in my room with all the trimmings.”
“Bows of velvet and ribbon complete the trimming of the sleeves.”