watercressing

watercressing

English

Etymology 1

From watercress +‎ -ing (participle).

Verb

watercressing

1. present participle 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", The Song of the Wren,

     I'll lock up and go watercressing. Or mushrooming. Or some damn thing.