D defs.my
Entry 3 senses Webster, 1913

Planting

/plăn'-tĭng/ · Plant·ing · IPA /ˈplæntɪŋ/
01 n. The act or operation of setting in the ground for propagation, as seeds, trees, shrubs, etc.; the forming of plantations, as of trees; the …
  1. 1.
    The act or operation of setting in the ground for propagation, as seeds, trees, shrubs, etc.; the forming of plantations, as of trees; the carrying on of plantations, as of sugar, coffee, etc.
  2. 2.
    That which is planted; a plantation.
    “Trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord.” — Isa. lxi. 3.
  3. 3.
    The laying of the first courses of stone in a foundation.(Arch.) [Eng.]