ˈmounding, vbl. n.
[f. mound v. + -ing1.]
1. The process of piling earth in mounds.
| 1827 H. Steuart Planter's G. (1828) 343 It will save the labour of mounding, or bringing extra earth from a distance. 1844 N. Paterson Manse Garden ii. 211 Every pair of drills must have greater distance for the convenience of mounding. |
2. (See quot.)
| 1891 Syd. Soc. Lex. s.v., Mounding, the rising of muscle into a low lump when struck by a light, sharp blow, as in some forms of locomotor ataxia, and in the weak and thin. |