lampshading

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English

Etymology

lampshade +‎ -ing

Noun

lampshading (uncountable)

  1. The practice of decorating lampshades.
    • 1993, Audur H. Winnan, Wanda Gág: A Catalogue Raisonné of the Prints, Smithsonian Institution Press (1993), →ISBN, page 8:
      Finally she took a job decorating lampshades. Lampshading, as she called it, left her drained and without impetus or inspiration to draw, which always made her unhappy.

Quotations

Verb

lampshading

  1. present participle of lampshade