Rounding

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·adj Round or nearly round; becoming round; roundish.

II. Rounding ·p.pr. & ·vb.n. of Round.

III. Rounding ·noun Small rope, or strands of rope, or spun yarn, wound round a rope to keep it from chafing;

— called also service.

IV. Rounding ·noun Modifying a speech sound by contraction of the lip opening; labializing; labialization. ·see Guide to Pronunciation, / 11.