poising

verb

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of poise

noun

1. The act by which something is poised.

   “And then his father came up beside him where he stood before a tattered last year's circus poster on the other side of the store, gazing rapt and quiet at the scarlet horses, the incredible poisings and convolutions of tulle and tights […]”