Tŭrn'ing, n.

noun

n. 1. A winding; a bending course; flexure; meander; a corner, as of a street or road. “Through paths and turnings.” Milton. It is preached at every turning. Coleridge.

Deviation from the way or proper course.
Turnery, or the act of forming solid substances into various forms by means of a lathe.
(pl.) The pieces detached in the process of turnery from the material turned; chips.
(Mil.) A maneuver by which an enemy, or position, is turned.
(Obstetrics.) The operation of bringing down the feet of a child in the womb, to facilitate delivery.