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soling

American  
[soh-ling] / ˈsoʊ lɪŋ /

noun

  1. pitching.


Soling British  
/ ˈsəʊlɪŋ /

noun

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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of soling

sole 2 + -ing 1

Example Sentences

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

From Golf Digest • Feb. 8, 2018

If you know naught of soling, I understand nothing of sausages; you, who cut bad leather on the slant to make it look stout and deceive the country yokels.

From The Eleven Comedies, Volume 1 by Aristophanes

The other evening while Ellen and I were developing films he was soling a pair of shoes.

From Three Years in Tristan da Cunha by Barrow, Katherine Mary

Still it was a flexible material and was used, the foreman told Peter, for soling women’s shoes.

From The Story of Leather by Bassett, Sara Ware

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

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