Word: sapping
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: sa
pping
Definition: The act of excavating trenches.
Morphemes:
Affix: sap
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A narrow ditch or trench made from the foremost parallel toward the glacis or covert way of a besieged place by digging under cover of gabions, etc.
Affix: -ing
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form uncountable nouns from verbs denoting the act of doing something, an action.