[f. as prec. + -ING2.] That assaults; attacking, assailing.
1567. Drant, Horace Epist., I. i. C j. To master thyne assaltynge fyttes.
1797. Holcroft, trans. Stolberg’s Trav., II. ci. (ed. 2), 433. Defending himself against an assaulting lion.
1879. in Cassell’s Techn. Educ., IV. 139. The assaulting troops.
