watercressing

English

Etymology 1

From watercress +‎ -ing (participle).

Verb

watercressing

  1. present participle and gerund of watercress
    • 1911, Benjamin Bickley Rogers, transl., The comedies of Aristophanes, volume 4, page 66:
      What are you watercressing for?
    • 1991, Fred Archer, Grain and Chaff Under the Hill, page 94:
      He used to brag that the ladder had four rounds and that he stood on the middle one when he was watercressing.

Etymology 2

From watercress +‎ -ing.

Noun

watercressing (plural not attested)

  1. The act or process of gathering watercress.
    • 2016, H. E. Bates, “Oh! Sweeter Than The Berry”, in The Song of the Wren:
      I'll lock up and go watercressing. Or mushrooming. Or some damn thing.
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