The act or process of applying creosote to wood to preserve it from decay.
Present participle of creosote, formed by adding -ing to the verb, indicating the ongoing action of treating wood with this preservative.
Industrial creosoting plants created entire landscape legacies—former creosote facilities are now environmental cleanup sites, with some contaminating groundwater decades after closing.
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