rotting noun2 •The process by which something rots.[…] the mould on the boles of the other [trees], that lyes commonly there, and is made of the annual rottings of their own leaves. — 1686 •Material that has rotted.From the compost rinds and rottings, from the garbage peels, from the shadows' darkness, darkness, this guttered meal and all its redolence. — 2009 formsrottings