splaying

From splay + -ing.

splaying

1. present participle and gerund of splay

splaying (plural splayings)

1. A shape or motion that splays.
   • 1970, Hélène Cixous, The Third Body, page 60:

     I point out at the top of the door three holes in the glass, an inch or so in diameter, clean holes that have left no cracks, only simple crater-shaped splayings around each orifice.

• palsying, playings, plygains