POLLING

n.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

The act of topping, lopping, or cropping, as trees or hedges.

2.
n.

Plunder, or extortion. [Obs.] E. Hall.

3.
n.

The act of voting, or of registering a vote. Polling booth, a temporary structure where the voting at an election is done; a polling place.