[f. STEEP v.2 + -ING1.] The action or process of tilting or giving an (upward) inclination to the plow in plowing.
1844. H. Stephens, Bk. Farm, I. 400. The remedy for this error is … to press harder upon the stilts … and … bring the sock nearer the surface of the ground, and this is called ‘steeping.’
