Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Planting

Planting , noun

1.
The act or operation of setting in the ground for propagation, as seeds, trees, shrubs, etc.; the forming of plantations, as of trees; the carrying on of plantations, as of sugar, coffee, etc.
2.
That which is planted; a plantation.
Trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord. — Isa. lxi. 3
3.
(Architecture) The laying of the first courses of stone in a foundation. [English]