The process of working clay, loam, pulverized ore, etc., with water, to render it compact, or impervious to liquids; also, the process of rendering anything impervious to liquids by means of puddled material.
Lining the bed and sides of the canal with a clayey mixture of loam and course sand. Originally pounded in place by horses or navvies wearing puddling-boots.
A behavior of some butterflies in which they congregate at puddles, moist soil, or dung to obtain moisture and salts.[ image
A technique for achieving an uncontrolled degree of compaction of granular fill by saturating the soil after it is dumped into the excavation.
The destruction of root systems and soil structure by the tearing and churning action of heavy equipment operating in saturated soils. Puddled soils are more susceptible to erosion than undisturbed soils.
drinking from a mineral-rich water source. The males of some species of butterflies will visit damp soil, mud, wet compost, etc. in large groups. This is referred to as puddling, and allows them to obtain minerals they need, but which are not found in the nectar flowers they visit.
(verb) - sipping nutrient-rich water from puddles. Generally more males that females puddle and it is believed that the salts and nutrients in the puddles are needed for successful mating.
When a butterfly lands on the ground and sips water from a puddle, it is called puddling. At the muddy or sandy puddle (often located near animal dung), the butterfly sips water rich in mineral salts and other essential nutrients (mostly sodium chloride and nitrogen-rich solutions) that have leached from the surrounding soil and rocks. Male butterflies do more puddling than females. The dissolved salts and minerals may be used to make pheromones (that the male uses to attract females) and sperm.
1. Defect where paint is applied too thickly and looks wet. 2. Flooding and saturating loose backfill dirt with water, allowing it to dry and settle as a means of compacting.
Puddling is a term used to describe a behavior in butterflies where they gain nutrients from damp environments such as mud, dung, or carrion. They accomplish this by sticking their sucking mouthpart, or proboscis, into the damp area, and then drawing the water up the proboscis. The water contains nutrients in solution, and the butterfly can then remove these in the digestive system.
In building and maintaining canals, puddling is lining the channel with waterproof clay. The clay must be tamped down with a tool called a punner, or trodden down, or compacted by some other means (e.g. by an excavator using the convex outside of its scoop, or by driving cattle across the area).