quarrying

verb

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of quarry

noun

1. (countable, uncountable)The extraction of material from a quarry.

   “In 1765 only 80 men were employed, and the annual output of slates did not exceed 1,000 tons, and large-scale quarrying was not begun by Lord Penrhyn until 1782.”

2. (countable, uncountable)A small piece of stone chipped off any stone found in a quarry.