drenching

Etymology 1

From Middle English drenchyng, drenchynge, drenchende, from Old English drenċende, from Proto-Germanic *drankijandz, present participle of *drankijaną (“to drench”), equivalent to drench + -ing.

verb

1. present participle and gerund of drench

Etymology 2

From Middle English drenchinge, equivalent to drench + -ing.

noun

1. The act by which something is drenched; a soaking.
   […] and it contains a very good selection of shrubs and herbaceous plants, which, having good soil and plentiful drenchings of water from a garden-engine all the summer, thrive to admiration. 1859, Shirley Hibberd, The Town Garden, page 53
2. The administering of a medicinal draught to an animal.
   Horses, get all sorts of medicines, wormings, drenchings, and their food may well have been produced chemically […] 2015, Elen Sentier, Gardening with the Moon & Stars