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

Josephine cut recklessly into the rich dark cake that stood for her winter gloves or the soling and heeling of Constantia's only respectable shoes.

From The Garden Party and Other Stories by Mansfield, Katherine

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

Seldom does the cobbler take up with the new-fangled way of soling shoes, and seldom does the artisan willingly take up with new methods in his trade.

From My Life and Work by Ford, Henry

For the soling of them were made use of eleven hundred hides of brown cows, shapen like the tail of a keeling.

From Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 1 by Motteux, Peter Anthony