POLING

n.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

The act of supporting or of propelling by means of a pole or poles; as, the poling of beans; the poling of a boat.

2.
n.

The operation of dispersing worm casts over the walks with poles.

3.
n.

One of the poles or planks used in upholding the side earth in excavating a tunnel, ditch, etc.


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