释义 |
ˈmounding, vbl. n. [f. mound v. + -ing1.] 1. The process of piling earth in mounds.
1827H. Steuart Planter's G. (1828) 343 It will save the labour of mounding, or bringing extra earth from a distance. 1844N. Paterson Manse Garden ii. 211 Every pair of drills must have greater distance for the convenience of mounding. 2. (See quot.)
1891Syd. 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. |