shading

verb

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

noun

1. (countable, uncountable)The act or result of something being shaded.

   “the delicate shadings of colour in the painted sunset”

2. (countable, uncountable)Something providing shade.

   “We placed ourselves on a rustic bench under the shading of a fine old elm; ...”