ruffling

noun

1. The action of the verb ruffle

   “Late in the morning I wak'd first; and observing my lover slept profoundly, softly disengag'd myself from his arms, scarcely daring to breathe for fear of shortening his repose; my cap, my hair, my shift, were all in disorder from the rufflings I had undergone”

verb

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