Definition of "top-dressing" [top•-dress•ing]

• Present participle of top-dress. (verb)

Wiktionary.org : Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License

• "An occasional top-dressing of organic compost or natural fertilizer encourages abundant flowering."
• "It's not long, though before a shredding wind is tearing the top-dressing from the scene to reveal the charnel-house beneath."
• "Add compostA quarter-inch of top-dressing compost applied once or twice a cuts the need for fertilizer and water."