Pol"ing (?), n. [From Pole a stick.]
1.
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. Gardening
The operation of dispersing worm casts over the walks with poles.
3.
One of the poles or planks used in upholding the side earth in excavating a tunnel, ditch, etc.
© Webster 1913.