[f. as prec. + -ING2.]
† 1. Bordering, adjacent. Obs.
c. 1400. Maundev., xvii. (1839), 186. Ne Scotland ne Norwaye ne the other Yles costynge to hem.
† 2. Traversing, moving about. Obs.
1677. Plot, Oxfordsh., 6. True Investigations of heats and colds, and of the breadths and bounds of coasting Rains and Winds.
3. Sailing along the coast.
a. 1843. Southey, Inscriptions, xx. A name … Known only to the coasting mariner.
