salting

verb

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

noun

1. (uncountable)The act of sprinkling salt, as on food or on an icy road.
2. (countable)A salt marsh.

   “Saltings ringing with the redshank's cry.”

3. (uncountable)The act of tampering with an investigation site by adding bogus evidence.
4. (UK, countable, historical, uncountable)The celebration of the Eton montem.