WEATHERCOCKING
Verb
weathercocking
present participle of weathercock
Source: Wiktionary
WEATHERCOCK
Weath"er*cock`, n.
1. A vane, or weather vane; -- so called because originally often in
the figure of a cock, turning on the top of a spire with the wind,
and showing its direction. "As a wedercok that turneth his face with
every wind." Chaucer.
Noisy weathercocks rattled and sang of mutation. Longfellow.
2. Hence, any thing or person that turns easily and frequently; one
who veers with every change of current opinion; a fickle, inconstant
person.
Weath"er*cock`, v. t.
Definition: To supply with a weathercock; to serve as a weathercock for.
Whose blazing wyvern weathercock the spire. Tennyson.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition