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.

Anagrams

• Gilland