D defs.my
Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Bating

· Bat·ing · IPA /ˈbeɪtɪŋ/
01 prep. With the exception of; excepting.
  1. 1.
    With the exception of; excepting.
    “We have little reason to think that they bring many ideas with them, bating some faint ideas of hunger and thirst.” Locke.