basing

verb

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

noun

1. (countable, uncountable)The storage or housing of something within a base.

   “Incidental revenues from sales and repairs and practically all ground expense were recorded as applicable to a particular station and then prorated to individual routes on the basis of arrivals, departures, and basings of equipment.”

   “In deep underground basing, missiles are buried in tunnels in mountainsides where they are able to ride out a nuclear attack. Following the attack the missiles dig themselves out of the tunnels to the surface and launch themselves.”

name

1. Former name of Old Basing, Hampshire, England.

   “Between Basing and Basingstoke there is a world of difference, and the boundary between the two worlds is the River Loddon.”