The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 11 letter word SHOULDERING
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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What does SHOULDERING mean?
SHOULDERING verb- To push (a person or thing) using one's shoulder.
- To put (something) on one's shoulders.
- To place (something) against one's shoulders.
- To bear a burden, as a financial obligation.
- To accept responsibility for.
- To form a shape resembling a shoulder.
- To move by or as if by using one's shoulders.
- To round and slightly raise the top edges of slate shingles so that they form a tighter fit at the lower edge and can be swung aside to expose the nail.
- To slope downwards from the crest and whitewater portion of a wave.
- The act of pushing or barging with the shoulder.
- The process of bracing a load with a jutting structural member such as a corbel or bracket.
- A flanged portion of something, similar to a lip but occurring on the side rather than the rim.
- The rounding and raising of the top edges of slate tiles.