Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Shade. 2. (n.) Act or process of making a shade. 3. (n.) That filling up which represents the effect of more or less darkness, expressing rotundity, projection, etc., in a picture or a drawing.

Multi-Version Concordance Shading (1 Occurrence) Ezekiel 31:3 Lo, Asshur, a cedar in Lebanon, Fair in branch, and shading bough, and high in stature, And between thickets hath its foliage been. (YLT)