The Collaborative International Dictionary
Oystering \Oys"ter*ing\, n. Gathering, or dredging for, oysters.
Wiktionary
vb. (present participle of oyster English)
Wikipedia
Oystering or oyster veneer is a decorative form of veneering, a type of parquetry. This technique is using thin slices of wood branches or roots cut in cross-section, usually from small branches of walnut, olive, kingwood and less commonly laburnum, yew and cocus. The resulting circular or oval pieces of veneer are laid side by side in furniture to produce various decorative patterns. Because the shape formed resembles an oyster shell the technique acquired the name of oyster veneering.
Usage examples of "oystering".
Turlock, however, asked the captain if he could serve on the next oystering, and the Deal Island man said, “Come aboard,” so Jake dredged for six days, and when he came ashore he told Caveny, “That’s the finest boat’s ever been built.
Though the man'd work your butt raw if you went out oystering or clamming with him.
They saw many docks and piers, but few boats - they understood that most fishermen had gone to the south end of Atlantic Bay where oystering was still safe and legal.