gashing

The act of making a gash, or cut.

Noun

  1. The act of making a gash, or cut.
    • Nature prompts to the use of them; for the savage of the woods has the song and the ceremonies of his ancestors, and by the gashings and daubings with which he disfigures his form, denotes his tribe. - 1821, Theodore...
  2. The roughing operation for worm gears.

Forms

gashings

Verb

  1. present participle and gerund of gash