skirting
skirt-ing
noun
A wooden board fixed along the bottom of an interior wall.
"The skirting needs a fresh coat of paint."
verb
Moving along the edge of something, or deliberately avoiding a direct issue.
"He was skirting around the main problem."
Thesaurus
Synonyms: ring, environ, border, surround, skirt, annulus, doll, dame, wench, bird, chick, evade