▪ I. faulting, vbl. n.
(ˈfɔːlt-, ˈfɒltɪŋ)
[f. fault v. + -ing1.]
1. The action of the vb. fault in various senses; an instance of this. Obs.
| c 1450 tr. De Imitatione iii. lix, Nature compleineþ sone of fautyng & of greuaunce. 1622 W. Whately God's Husb. 127 Some grosse outward faultings therein. a 1665 J. Goodwin Filled w. the Spirit (1867) 155 His faulting of the translation..doth not at all commend his skill in the original. 1679 King in G. Hickes Spirit of Popery 50 So much silence and fauting even amongst Ministers. |
2. Geol. The process of producing faults, dislocation of strata; an instance of this.
| 1849 Dana Geol. xiii. (1850) 574 In the faulting of a rock. 1863 Lyell Antiq. Man 345 The most wonderful shiftings and faultings of the beds are observable. |
▪ II. faulting, ppl. a.
(ˈfɔːlt-, ˈfɒltɪŋ)
[f. as prec. + -ing2.]
That faults. a. That commits faults. b. That is at fault. See fault n. 8.
| 1566 Painter Pal. Pleas. I. Pref. 8 Faulting fooles and youthly heades. 1837 Browning Strafford iv. ii, Pym's faulting bloodhounds scent the track again. |