mashing noun3 •The process by which something is mashed or beaten to pulp. •The action of soaking malted barley etc., in order to convert starch into sugars as part of the brewing process.More hot water is added, and the mashing process repeated, until the grain has been wholly deprived of its saccharine matter, which is generally accomplished by three, or at the most, four mashings[…] — 1835 •The process of preparing tea in a teapot. formsmashings
