soling

American  

[soh-ling] / ˈsoʊ lɪŋ /

noun

1. pitching.

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Soling British  

/ ˈsəʊlɪŋ /

noun

1. a type of keelboat, designed to be crewed by three people

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Etymology

Origin of soling

sole ² + -ing ¹

Example Sentences

But instead of soling the clubhead as usual, set it in front of the ball.

From Golf Digest • Feb. 8, 2018

What do you think I was charged for soling and heeling shoes?

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, February 12, 1919 by Various

Oak sole leather, the foreman said, was often considered preferable for soling shoes because its close fibre rendered it waterproof, and it seldom cracked.

From The Story of Leather by Bassett, Sara Ware

I searched the pockets with repugnance and found a few papers, which smelled like the covers of ancient books, memoranda of miserable little transactions--threepence paid for soling shoes, twopence here, a penny there; nothing more.

From The Maid-At-Arms by Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William)

Vat do you mean vid your bootless errands, and your soling and healing?

From The Fatal Boots by Thackeray, William Makepeace