English

Verb

bellying

1. present participle of belly

Adjective

bellying ‎(not comparable)

1. bulging
   • 1908, Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows

     Did it change into the cry of the wind, plaintive at first, angrily shrill as it freshened, rising to a tearing whistle, sinking to a musical trickle of air from the leech of the bellying sail?

Noun

bellying ‎(plural bellyings)

1. The act of bulging or swelling.
   • H. G. Wells, The War of the Worlds

     One may picture, too, the sudden shifting of the attention, the swiftly spreading coils and bellyings of that blackness advancing headlong, towering heavenward, turning the twilight to a palpable darkness […]