puddling

plural puddlings

1. countableuncountableThe action of forming a puddle.
2. countableuncountableThe process of working clay, loam, pulverized ore, etc., with water, to render it compact, or impervious to liquids.
3. countableuncountablecanal engineeringThe act of lining a canal with puddle to make it watertight.
4. countablehistoricaluncountableengineeringThe processing of pig iron (with high carbon content) by placing it into a reverberatory furnace, stirring to expose it to oxygen and create puddled iron and then (with further stirring to fully decarbonize it) wrought iron.
5. countableuncountableA group of mallards (ducks).
6. countableuncountableA behaviour in which animals like butterflies seek out moist substances to obtain nutrients.

1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of puddle