/pud"ling/ , n.
1. the act of a person or thing that puddles.
2. Metall. the act or process of melting pig iron in a reverberatory furnace (puddling furnace) and converting it into wrought iron.
3. the act or method of making puddle.
4. puddle (def. 3).
[ 1750-60; PUDDLE + -ING 1 ]