ladling

English

Verb

ladling

  1. present participle and gerund of ladle

Noun

ladling (plural ladlings)

  1. The act of moving material using a ladle.
    • 1870, Henry Julian Hunter, Inquiry on the state of the Dwellings of Rural Labourers, page 142:
      […] by means of a spade only, without any of the filthy ladlings and bucketings which accompany the clearing a cesspool.

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