Definition of "detailing"

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.

2009 May 17, Paul Greenberg, “The Oceans’ Junkyards”, in New York Times‎

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

1979, the Consumers Union, Funerals: consumers' last rights

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

1982, Railroad Model Craftsman - Volume 51, page 108

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.

1999, Brian Butko, Kevin Joseph Patrick, Diners of Pennsylvania, page 36

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

2008, Julie Young, “A Cornucopia of Design”, in Historic Irvington (Images of America), Arcadia Publishing, page 45

In the next few minutes, Molly tossed dress after dress aside, oohing and aahing at the varied fabrics, the elaborate detailing of each one, until she found a dress that was— / Breathtaking.

2010, Kieran Kramer, chapter 7, in When Harry Met Molly, St. Martin’s Paperbacks, page 66