soughing

English

Verb

soughing

1. present participle and gerund of sough

Noun

soughing (plural soughings)

1. A rushing, rustling sound.
   • 1928, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, chapter 8, in Lady Chatterley’s Lover, [Florence, Italy]: [ […] Tipografia Giuntina, […]], →OCLC; republished as Lady Chatterley’s Lover (eBook no. 0100181h.html)‎^[1], Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, August 2011, archived from the original on 11 November 2020:

     So she sat, looking at the rain, listening to the many noiseless noises of it, and to the strange soughings of wind in upper branches, when there seemed to be no wind.