trampling

verb

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

noun

1. (countable, uncountable)The act of trampling someone or something, an instance of trampling.

   “The awfulest thing was the silence; there wasn't a sound but the screaking of the saddles, the measured tramplings, and the sneezing of the horses, afflicted by the smothering dust-clouds which they kicked up.”