bating

English

Etymology

From bate +‎ -ing.

Verb

bating

1. Present participle of bate.

Preposition

bating

1. (now rare) Apart from; except.
   • 1817, Walter Scott, Rob Roy, XIII:

     ‘There is but little I have heard from you which I did not expect to hear, and which I ought not to have expected; because, bating one circumstance, it is all very true.’