plashing

verb

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of plash

noun

1. (countable, uncountable)A sound that plashes, as of water.

   “Barest plashings of a liquid sphere; eloquent breathings of an emerald world...”

2. (countable, uncountable)The cutting or bending and intertwining the branches of small trees, as in hedges.
3. (countable, uncountable)The dashing or sprinkling of colouring matter on the walls of buildings, to imitate granite, etc.