plashings

Noun

plashing (countable and uncountable, plural plashings)

1. A sound that plashes, as of water.
   • Barest plashings of a liquid sphere; eloquent breathings of an emerald world...1862, Samuel Ward Francis, Inside out: a curious book, page 216
2. The cutting or bending and intertwining the branches of small trees, as in hedges.
3. The dashing or sprinkling of colouring matter on the walls of buildings, to imitate granite, etc.