launching (iou)

launching verbal noun. LME.
[from LAUNCH verb + -ING1.]
The action of LAUNCH verb; an instance of this.
Comb.: launching pad the area on which a rocket stands for launching; fig. a starting-point for a (freq. ambitious) enterprise, career, etc.; launching-ways the beds of timber blocks, sloping gradually towards the water, on which the bilge-keels of a ship rest after completion of construction.