unfurling

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English

Verb

unfurling

  1. present participle and gerund of unfurl

Noun

unfurling (plural unfurlings)

  1. The act by which something is unfurled.
    • 1849, Christopher Wordsworth, Lectures on the Apocalypse, page 466:
      Are there not here some sounds of a gathering together of armies, some blasts of the trumpets of war, some unfurlings of hostile banners, some noise of chariots and tramplings of horses rushing to the battle?