Terracing

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Terrace \Ter"race\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Terraced}; p. pr. & vb.
   n. {Terracing}.]
   To form into a terrace or terraces; to furnish with a terrace
   or terraces, as, to terrace a garden, or a building. --Sir H.
   Wotton.
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         Clermont's terraced height, and Esher's groves.
                                                  --Thomson.
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