marking

Etymology 1

From Middle English marking, merking, merkunge, from Old English mearcung, from Proto-West Germanic *markungu, equivalent to mark + -ing.

noun

1. The action of marking.
   The Seasiders equalised soon after when Gary Taylor-Fletcher made the most of slack marking to slot home. January 12, 2011, Saj Chowdhury, “Liverpool 2 - 1 Liverpool”, in BBC
2. A mark.
   Social distancing principles form a part of the essential controls needed to reduce the spread of Coronavirus. … For example, measures such as signage and floor markings to provide physical separation will help. May 20 2020, Ian Prosser, “Comment”, in Rail, page 7
3. The characteristic colouration and patterning of an animal.
4. (graph theory) Any configuration of a Petri net with a number of marks or tokens distributed across it.

Etymology 2

verb

1. present participle and gerund of mark